including Gospels and letters supposedly written by Jesus, Mary and every other character that appears in the final version of the New Testament, how can Christians claim that the origins of other religious documents (the Mormons, for instance) are fraudulent or questionable?
Of all of the world's religions, only Christianity seems to have been plagued by huge amounts of fraud right from it's inception.
Early Christianity is the mother load of religious fraud, with hundreds of Gospels and letters ultimately being rejected by the strain of Christianity that finally gained supremacy.
Until the 19th century, even the official books were kept in the hands of the Church, to prevent anyone from looking too closely at them, and since that changed in the last few centuries, half of the letters of Paul have been called into question by scholars and only seven are unanimously considered legitimate.
How can Christians defend the legitimacy of the official books, knowing where they came from?
2007-05-26
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