one crying (1) in the wilderness (2). Nor is it conceivable for a prophet to disown his own prophethood, for that would make him a bearer of falsehood.

It is truly remarkable that the Gospel of Matthew traces the Messiah’s lineage back to Joseph (3); it says, “Jesus son of Joseph, son of so-and-so,” and then lists thirty-nine forefathers between him and Abraham the Friend (4). Luke, in his Gospel, likewise links him to Joseph and counts a little over fifty ancestors between him and Abraham (5).

So while they insist that he is fully divine, they first call him the Son of God and then turn him into the son of Joseph the carpenter?!

The point is that this confusion within the Gospels clearly proves that alteration has taken place; such a text cannot be from God. Indeed, the multitude of discrepancies it contains shows that those differences come from other than God (6).

If you examine its manuscripts and the various copies of the Torah in the hands of the Jews, the Samaritans, and the Christians, you will find divergences so great that anyone who studies them must conclude they stem from tampering and substitution. The manuscripts of the Psalms likewise display extreme variation.

Moreover, it is common knowledge that the Torah and Gospel manuscripts are held only by the leaders of the Jews.