The back and forth between Mzbel and the rest of Ghana regarding her comments on Jesus Christ has gained significant prominence with every Tom, Dick, and Harry having very strong opinions on the matter.

It has devolved into personal insults between Mzbel and Stacy and her husband, the architects behind ‘Restoration with Stacy’ the show that initially broadcast Mzbel’s comments.

So the whole brouhaha surrounding the Jesus story means we should go back to the source of the stories themselves, The Christian Bible, and try to find out how much credence the whole story carries.

Jesus story is told primary in the gospels, the first four books of the new testament- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Now the whole beef is whether Jesus was real or an imaginary character, a fraud whose story was cobbled together from earlier god-like figures. There is enough evidence to suggest this, but to the Christian that is insufficient, so we turn to the bible to settle the whole thing.

Now the Bible is supposed to be God’s word, handed down to men through the holy spirit- or something like that. We should agree then that God’s word should be pretty much infallible, but what we find in the bible are glaring contradictions and omissions that throw its credence into doubt. The four gospels are not exempt from this, and by the end of this piece it would be apparent that even the word of God cannot agree on very important aspects of the Jesus story.

It is therefore highly likely that the Jesus story is fake as Mzbel surmises; or he lived but had his legend over bloated with old historical features of other gods.

Let’s look at the biggest contradictions in the Jesus story, courtesy of the very helpful folks at infidels.org

Where Did Joseph And His Wife Reside?

There is no doubt in the gospels that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Judea. All the gospel writers mention it, Matthew claims it is in fulfilment of prophecy, a prophecy he misquotes (Micah 5:2 vs Matthew 2:6), but that’s another argument.

Luke says Joseph and Mary where living in Nazareth, and had to return to Bethlehem for a census, that led to Jesus being born there (Luke 2:4). Matthew says they lived in Bethlehem, then moved to Nazareth after Jesus was born, because they were afraid of Herod and his descendants looking for the saviour to kill. (Matthew 2:21-23)

So Mary and Joseph (and Jesus), lived in Bethlehem and Nazareth. But Matthew and Luke mix up the times, this seems a little unseemly for a holy book inspired by God.