Anyone think that the approval and disapproval of historical documents is a crime against humanity?
Go to Sacred-Texts.com and read the WHOLE BIBLE, not just the edited and approved versions. YOu will also see that all religions hold the same basic values, it's the editors and powers of the times that screwed up the message. The word of our creator is written, but people screwed it up. The best way to get all the pieces is to study all the religions, even the ones you think you hate and know nothing about and God will show you the truths in them and help you seperate men's lies from the creator's truth. Never stop seeking for the Truth!
2007-02-13 06:51:08 · 9 answers · asked by vicarious_notion 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The whole point of the cannon was to take out parts that seemed unlikely to be held true (ie Jesus killing a man and bringing him back to life to show how powerful he is). No other doctrine came close to saying anything like that. That is why you cannot base all of your trust in all the text
2007-02-13 06:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by Ecclesiastes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, there is no such thing as a "whole Bible", as the Bible has many diferent definitions. The smallest is the Samaritan Bible, which has the first 5 books. The largest is the Egyptian Orthodox. In any event, the word "Bible" simply means a group of books, and the other scripture you refer to wasn't ever in that particular collection; they are extra-Biblical.
None of this means that the other books aren't worth reading. None of this means that they mightn't have been inspired. It simply means that the Christian church didn't see fit to includ them in their canon. Had the Gnostics reigned, the Christian faith would be quite different today, believing in such things as reincarnation.
Still, religion is what we make of it. Read and learn, but you're not going to convince anyone other than yourself, and the weak-minded. The true search isn't to follow others, but to go out intrepidly on your own and to come to your own conclusions.
2007-02-13 15:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to read the bible the way its meant to be read you need to learn Hebrew and Greek , Yes there is a difference in words we use today compared to what they used and it means 2 entirely different things /Just the word "Trust" has 8 different meanings , /Plus there is words that have been taken out and words that have been put in ,for Example ...Only a fool would say there is no God , In the original it does not say that ,it says "Only a fool would say ,No God " this changes the meaning completely
2007-02-13 15:06:28 · answer #3 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you a shill for the website? You can't validate what's there any more than you can validate the canonization of the Bible. Just because you think other texts are valid doesn't make it so. As for me, it's a matter of faith, I believe the Bible is the way God wanted it. Amazing how it over any other "Sacred text" has withstood the test of time unchanged.
2007-02-13 14:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by Scott B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible was divinely preserved to contain exactly what God wanted it too...the real crime is humanity trying to cast its approval or disapproval on divinity
2007-02-13 14:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by Robert K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLEASE!! DON'T BE FOOLED!!!
The Word of God is not messed up. There are no inconsistencies or contradictions in the Bible. So many people think there are, but that is because they take God's Word out of context or they simply do not understand it.
Please don't be fooled by what others write or claim is a lost book(s) of the Bible. They are taking away the meaning of the Truth of God's Word. (Even though they ADD text, it still TAKES AWAY in the sense that it takes away the true meaning--what God means).
Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
2007-02-13 15:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Christian93 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If I were you, I wouldn't get such important information from a website. And if you ever do read the whole Bible, you'll understand why the books that are in it were chosen.
2007-02-13 14:57:39 · answer #7 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To a degree I'm sure the canon is to blame.
But we must also blame those who re-wrote it and translated it the way they saw fit, and those who later mistakenly took symbolic literature to somehow equate to history.
2007-02-13 14:55:46 · answer #8 · answered by Mike K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanks, I will check it out.
2007-02-13 14:55:24 · answer #9 · answered by pontiuspilatewsm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋