2006-09-27 13:45:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry to burst Aquila's bubble, but the "Da Vinci Code" is 'also' a work of fiction. Therefore it shouldn't be used as source to prove that the Bible is fictional... Which, I believe, isn't just a work of fiction.
However, I'm not well-versed in the Scriptures, either. Does this question refer to the Nicene Creed? I'm a little confused... Did they add or remove from the Evangelical Bible because of this, or the Roman Catholic Bible (which has more 'gospels' added to it, after the canon was completed). From what I've just read (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm), it was disagreement with a bishop and Arius the priest.
Sorry to answer your questions with more questions.. I'd like to know, though.
2006-09-27 13:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by MonokuRo_J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know where you get the idea that you cannot add or remove from the Bible. That is what the fundamentalists would like you to believe. They are wrong.
The Bible has had a lot removed from it or added to it for modern Christianity.
We no longer support having slaves, multiple wives, thinking the sun moves around the earth, thinking the earth is flat, that the world got created in 6 days, that women were created from a man's rib, that there was a worldwide flood, that women should be treated as inferior to men, that you cannot borrow or lend money, that you shouldn't tolerate other religions, that despots and theocracies are the best form of government, and on and on. All of those things are supported by the Bible. There are a lot of improvements modern society has made to the Bible.
If you cannot make improvements on this human document, created by humans, your religion is quite dead and so is your mind.
2006-09-27 20:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Catholic, but I did read an apologetics book once with a point to consider: who wrote the Bible?
The Church wrote it. And this justifies the Council of Nicea, and all of their dogma, and Popes who speak ex cathedra.
2006-09-27 20:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by ccrider 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you do know that the council of nicea is real, right? they specifically removed things like christianity's support for Reincarnation (they did fully support it before then...) and various other things
and yes, the bible DOES specifically say you can't add to or subtract from it.
... in fact it says that in deuteronomy, so technically the new testament....
or one could inteperet it other ways, honestly.
honestly removing things like reincarnation is far more signifigant...
2006-09-27 21:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by RW 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those nasty catholics that all the fundies despise so much dreamed the bible up.
Makes you wonder why they still use it if the source is so despicable to them.
They think that their version is better but if you read them both you can't hardly see any difference.
Kind of makes you wonder how their can be a version of the truth anyway doesn't it.
Love and blessings
don
2006-09-27 21:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
during those years, the "bible" was being assembled by the catholic church as inspired by the holy spirit> Before that the complete canon didn't exist yet, Nicea helped enhance the christian dogma and the bible by debating the scriptures >
2006-09-27 20:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
They put the Bible together under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
2006-09-27 20:50:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There isn't justification but they are the ones who started putting it together. I wish that they would have assembled a book of what they tossed out.
2006-09-27 20:48:56 · answer #8 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can mess that Bible up anyway you want to.
You just can't Mess Up the Word of GOD! Nobody can mess up Jesus.
2006-09-27 20:54:23 · answer #9 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like thomas jefferson's bible
2006-09-27 20:49:50 · answer #10 · answered by saver_mind 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋