One of the most disgusting story about Jesus I have read so far is when Jesus curse a defenseless fig-tree. The story of the fig tree that can be found on Mark 11:12-26 and on Matthew 21:17-22 . Most Christians I have encountered says it is a metapor. But is it?

If you read the following passages, it is not a metapor, but a continues narrative on that day before Jesus and his gang went to Jerusalem. Jesus was hungry and went up to a fig tree to get something to eat -- and subsequently cursed the tree to death because it had no fruit. Now, is that a way this "Jesus love me" suppose to act? Aside from the obvious question as to why Jesus, being so big on forgiveness here, did not forgive the fig tree (or even heal it), He even cursed it! In my interpretation, Jesus just woke up un the wrong side of the bed, that's why he's to crabby on that day.

Anyway, The Fig-tree enigma just tell us that a god is not "all-good" as what this fundy Christians was saying. It's a myth. If the New Testament is as accurate as these fundies would have me believe, its main character, Jesus, is a dolt.

We can summarized the story so far as:

1. Jesus was hungry.

2. He looked for figs on a tree.

3. But it was not fig season.

4. So, because he doesn't get his way, Jesus kills the tree in retaliation.

Why did Jesus (if he's a god) cannot even tell if it's fig season? Remember that it is Passover season. Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) begins on the eve of the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan according to the Jewish lunar calendar. The date varies from year to year according to the English calendar, falling in March or April ( that falls from springtime.) So, it's not even a season where fig-tree suppose to have fruits! I thought Jesus is god and a god is suppose to be all-knowing? If it wasn't fig season, why would a moron look for figs? (I though Jesus is God? Can't he tell that it's not fig season?)

Is killing a tree for not bearing fruit out of season a reasonable response by any standard? Now, what is the moral of that story huh? As a good Christian, if you asked for something and the guy failed to give it to you, Kill him! Is that what your Jesus like to teach? Sound more from the MAFIA to me.

Now, furthermore, The Fig-tree story is another proof of biblical inconsistency.

If you compare Matthew 21:17-22 to Mark 11:12-14 and 20-26. Look closely, In the Matthew version, when Jesus curse the poor fig-tree, it died immediately and his apostles saw it happened. On Mark's version, the poor tree died sometime and was already dead when Jesus and his gang passed it from Jerusalem. (Talk about accurate reporting huh.)

ciao!