Dear Buddy:

I do not know what to say. It has been a very long time since I have read a narrative that purports such dribble and ignorance, and even silliness.

That Catholic Church is based upon faith and reason. Your diatribe is utterly unreasonable not just from a factual basis in history, but from any semblance of intelligent logic.

Neither the Dead Sea Scrolls, nor any other archaeological find, has ever shown "overwhelming evidence that the true purpose of religion is deception and delusion". As is standard for bigots you merely make the claim without a single shred of evidence or reference to back it up. The burden of proof is on you. I will not waste my time.

I guess I will deal with one aspect of your silly diatribe, namely (forgive the pun) your accusations about the names of the Apostles and others as recorded in the Bible. Your thesis on this is a good example of intellectual cowardice and ignorance.

First, when we read the Bible in English, names are translated into English. The name "Jesus" comes from an ancient Hebrew name, "Yeshua". When the Septuagint was written (a Greek translation of the Old Testament), the name was transliterated to the Koine Greek, "Içsous". From there the name was translated into the Latin, IESVS. At the time "I" was used as a "J", and "V" as a "U". The Latin, in modern alphabet is, "Jesus". The name "Jesus" is the same name as Yeshua (or Joshua). 

As for the Biblical names. All these names are English transliterations of the Greek, which was the language the New Testament was written, thus we must look to their original language versions:

Matthew is a Hebrew name that comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu.

St. Mark actual name was John, a Hebrew name. Mark (Marcus) was his Roman name. It was common to Jews to have a second name that was Roman.

St. Luke was not Jewish, but Greek, a native of Antioch. Thus, he was European.

John is the Hebrew Yôḥanan, which means "God is gracious".

St. Paul's actual name was Saul, a very Hebrew name. He was a Roman citizen. Paul is his Roman name.

St. Peter's actual name was Simon, another very Hebrew name. When Jesus changed his name, it was to the Aramaic Kepha. Since the New Testament was written in Greek, Kepha was transliterated into Petros, ("Peter" in English).

James is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob.

Philip comes from the Hebrew "Pinchas".

So, your argument fails before it begins, and your ignorance shouts from the page.

I suggest that you exercise a little intellectual honesty and put your bigotry aside. If you do not wish to believe in God or His Church, that is fine. An honest person would disagree with Christianity without all the diatribe of false information. There is plenty of accurate information you can disagree with, why go to the cowardly tactic of lies and distortions?

We will pray that you at least become intellectual honest, and without all the bigoted nonsense.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary