John Byer

Why does the author use the word “perverse” in the title of his book? This is a frequently asked question since many Christians object to its usage; they even find perverse to be a very distasteful choice of words, especially when it obliquely insinuates that problems may exist within their religion.  So … let’s make sure we are all on the same page. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “perverse” as (1)  something turned away from what is right: corrupt and (2) improper; incorrect. These definitions define Lucianity to a Tee since it is a corrupted version of Christianity that reflects improper and incorrect beliefs about Christ and the Christian religion. Some of this uneasy angst is compounded by the word Lucianity  because people jump to the false conclusion that it refers to Lucifer (when in fact it is named after Lucius) so that belief is erroneous and definitely not the case. To make matters even worse, some people also conclude that perverse is describing Christianity when in actual fact the word perverse is used exclusively to describe Lucianity.
 

Lucianity is a book that reports an investigation into the truth and falsity of the scripture contained in the New Testament.  It was completed by a retired police detective where he reveals for the very first time that one man (an overzealous disciple of Christ) is responsible for creating about 75% of the scripture, a fact which remained deeply buried in the church’s archives during the last 1600 years. Unlike all other investigations, the detective in this “Cold Case” is able to document, illustrate, and clearly identify the forgery, fiction and visible corruption within the Bible, and just as importantly, name the mysterious culprit. During the last two millennia, no one earnestly questioned the authenticity of the New Testament scripture, since it was believed to be the inspired word of God. 

The detective during his investigation asked hundreds of ‘Christian’ people these two very simple and elementary questions about their proclaimed religion … and to his utter dismay, none of the people in his personal sample knew the correct answers. Most of them responded “Christ died to save us from our sins” (quoting Saint Paul at verse 3 in First Corinthians 15) but that is not the correct answer based on the many years of research by the detective. Therefore, here are his best answers and best explanations which he derived from his studies:
 

This blog wasn’t written as a complaint, nor as a plea for sympathy, but the Detective has been derided and slammed by many Christians who have spewed undeserved anger, derision, and outright contempt ever since he revealed the results of his deep dive into the scripture of the New Testament (NT). As a seeker of the unvarnished truth or “just the facts,” the Detective in his retirement years decided to read and study the Bible, a book which many people have read over the passing centuries in order to find answers to questions about their spiritual life and existence. Thus, after reading the primary portions of the Bible a myriad of times, the Detective at long last (since he is getting along in years), finally understood the scriptural messages that God had inspired, and more significantly, why Christ really died on the cross. Hallelujah! 
 

Since the founding of Christianity nearly 2000 years ago, only a select number of people have correctly, and fully, understood the actual underlying reason and justification for the Christian religion. This seems absolutely impossible, extremely improbable, and very preposterous, but sadly, this staggering claim is true. Today, nobody really knows the God-given reason for Christ’s mission to the Jewish people in the first century. Over the past millennia, the spiritual rationale that explains the seven year assignment of Jesus to Judea vanished from public consciousness since it has been quietly buried under a thick blanket of false belief, false supposition, and false teaching. 
 

Before beginning this focused discussion into the resurrection, it is necessary to resolve several vitally important issues. First, why would God descend from heaven, incarnate within the physical body of a human being, willingly undergo a bloody earthly crucifixion, and then die in order to forgive the sins committed by man, when it is man who has committed sin by violating the will, ordinances, and commandments of God? Furthermore, why haven’t Christians raised this question with their pastors? Instead, they readily accept and eagerly believe every ministerial pro forma wordy sermon without any measure of dispute. Why are there so many sheep? Only heaven knows … but the answer probably resides in the traditional acceptance of the Holy Bible as the recognized supreme authority on all matters relating to faith and morals.

The Star of Bethlehem has been a marvel and a mystery ever since the birth of Jesus. For the past 2000 years, the appearance of this magical star has captivated and puzzled all Christendom, especially the historians and astronomers who continually try (generation after generation), to ascertain the unvarnished truth of this wondrous Christmas story. Surprisingly, the report of this fascinating tale is exclusively found in only one Bible document, the Gospel of Matthew … where it has been the subject of intense controversy for two millennia. As a result, the verses about the Star have provoked and instigated a lot of studious scrutiny … as proven by a very sizable batch of scholarly articles and studies produced throughout the ages beginning in the third century with Origen, the renowned theologian and fabled philosopher of Alexandria, Egypt. Over the previous centuries, this myriad of scholastic studies has also identified a diverse number of birth years for Christ to which the detective will now join the mix and add his two cents because he has new insights and even some pertinent and related information that isn’t found in all the other reports. 
 

The history of organized religion reveals that Man has found a way to corrupt every religious faith over time. Due to the ego of Man, he always believes that he knows better than previous generations, and this human condition is aggravated by a willingness to accommodate contemporary societal changes, even though they may not be in complete accord with the dogma of the faith. In the end, all of this leads to the inevitable corruption of the religion, especially if it has also become a business-like enterprise. These results were all predictable after the stage was set in the Garden of Eden. Going back to the dawn of humanity, original sin resulted because man thought that he could violate God’s law with impunity; the ego and arrogance of man clouded his judgment and nothing has changed since the beginning of time.
 

Ever since the first century, Christians have asserted that the gospels and epistles of the apostles accurately reflect the activities and preaching of Jesus. This belief was acknowledged in 405AD when St Jerome organized and compiled these various apostolic manuscripts within the Vulgate Bible, where they were collectively identified as the New Testament and deemed to represent the dogma of the Christian church. With the passage of more time, the Bible steadily gained moral prestige and a reverential status among the faithful Christians who acclaimed the book as “Holy” and the inspired word of God. 
 

In the Sherlockian opinion of the detective, the Christian concept of a Trinity is only a silly, hair-brained, half-wit notion. There isn’t the slightest bit of evidence to support such a bizarre premise, other than the forgery of Lucius, the Bishop of Cyrene. He is the one who fabricated the fictional Baptism story in the synoptic gospels depicting God the Father … the son Jesus … and the Holy Spirit. He also forged a multitude of  similar verses --- and randomly interspersed them throughout the New Testament. Nearly every one of these verses can be attributed to the forgery of Lucius.  In any event, there are many biblical reasons to justify why the idiosyncratic belief of three entities in one is ridiculous, and sinfully wrong theologically.

When the detective conducted his Bible investigation, he was shocked to learn how ignorant, and ill-informed, ‘devout’ Christians are about their religion. For instance, he discovered nobody knew or understood the foundational dogma of Christianity.  Additionally, not a single ‘church-attending, Bible-toting, scripture quoting’ person could accurately explain why their chosen faith exists. These poor souls are truly ‘Lost Sheep.’ They were only capable of spouting the platitudes … learned in Sunday school at an early and impressionable age -- none of which are true. Surprisingly, even the ministers, priests, and chaplains were unable to correctly answer two very simple and elementary questions -- i.e. (1) who was Jesus; and (2) why did he visit earth? … thus confirming the adage about the blind, leading the blind. 
 

The title of this article is borrowed from the literary works of George Bernard Shaw (GBS), the renowned and notorious Irish playwright. The Shavian quote is front and center because it neatly describes the focus of this article concerning Lucianity, and also, pinpoints the uncomfortable situation in which the Bible detective now finds himself. As such, many “Christians” perceive the facts presented in Lucianity (the book written by the Bible detective) as blasphemy since the new information disrupts their beliefs and understanding of Christianity. They are unwilling to accept evidence which reveals Lucius forged over 75% of the New Testament, and in doing so, he also distorted the identity of Jesus, but more critically, the purpose of Christ’s incarnation on earth. 

The book entitled “Lucianity” presents an investigation of the Bible which is unlike any other investigation in the last 2000 years. It is different because the findings and evidence of this biblical inquiry reflect that one man, an unknown disciple of Jesus, wrote approximately 75% of the 8,000 New Testament verses. Yes … the scope of his   forgery reached an unimaginable level. Traditional belief about Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Jude and James writing their scripture has been incorrect and totally wrong for the last two millennia. As such, Lucianity became a criminal inquiry into this ancient, unsolved “Cold Case” of fraud … with a primary objective of identifying the elusive culprit. During this hunt for the perpetrator, the religious and spiritual aspects of the investigation would not be neglected as Lucius, the Bishop of Cyrene was finally cornered and identified as the Bible forger. In the end, after the forger was identified, and many of his deceitful acts exposed, the book about Lucianity reflected a revised and updated catechism of Christianity.