Didn't fundie Christians decide which books should be excluded from the Bible because they were heretical?
2007-04-09 04:24:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No to both questions.
Regarding the second, the New Testament is made of of those books which the first few centuries of Christian scholars were able to authenticate as being written by saints from the first generation of Christians. Jewish scholars chose the Old Testament books. In either case, it has nothing to do with fundamentalism.
2007-04-09 05:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous Lutheran 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I feel that you should be able to worship God in a way that is pleasing to him. Everyone worships God in a different way. No certain person should dictate to how people should worship. I don't know what books were excluded from the bible and who done it, but I also know that everything that happened during the bible times were not recorded because if it were it would be too much to contain. So much of what we believe is based on our faith.
2007-04-09 04:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Ms. Allison♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First question- You mean the Westboro Baptist fruitcakes? No.
Second question-No. The catholic "church" decided they had the authority to do that. The so-called "gospels" of Mary, Judas, and Thomas have already been dicredited as heretical by Biblical linguists and historians as such because of obvious errors in language usage and errors in context relating to historical timelines as to when they were supposedly written.
2007-04-09 04:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by vox populi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will follow God through the Catholic Church and respect their rights to worship as they wish.
I have not had ANY other Christians try to dictate how I worship yet and do not expect to.
Peace and God Bless!
2007-04-09 04:27:51 · answer #4 · answered by C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe they were fundamentalists.
That word carries with it bad connotations.
I let no one dictate what I believe.
I do believe the Bible as it stands.
I have heard your statement circulating for a long time but no one with documentation to back up the statement.
I am not one to take a persons word for it.
Not even pastors or priests.
2007-04-09 04:33:11 · answer #5 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev Kip - The moon God, WTF? and you're a non secular chief? Explains lots concerning to the concepts-set of numerous Christians accessible... *Shakes Head* Do you no longer understand that Muslims (and numerous Jews) hint the origins of Islam back to the 1st newborn of Abraham, who God additionally suggested could the be the daddy of an spectacular human beings? So do you carry it against Jesus that his mothers and dads weren't christian? because Mohammed based the religion, of course he replace into born right into a distinctive one. and those loopy reference you made concerning to the pagan daughters he allegedly worshiped, you may desire to learn slightly extra. Mohommed truly denouced all scripture concerning to them as "The Satanic Verses" and suggested such ideals had no place in a monotheistic relgion. anyhow, directly to answering the question. bear in mind, I talk of the wider Christian concepts-set, and not the truly faith itself which preaches tolerance of others... Christianity has never enjoyed different religions. to incorporate Judaism. every physique bear in mind the Inquisition? Or the certainty that Pope John Paul II admitted that the church bore some duty for the holocaust as a results of fact of that's intolerence of Jews? Ever heard the age previous tale that we use the blood of a christian harmless to make our passover matzah? Christians choose to piggy back off of our faith so they have a love hate relationship with us, yet average can no longer denounce us as a results of fact they did borrow our God and not any incorrect way around. The straight away out hate for Muslims comes from the certainty that whilst Jews basically might desire to get with this technique, Islam replace into formed after the death and hoopla of Jesus. we don't choose to grandfather clause him in, yet they outright rejected him. Oh, that and Christians look an intollerant lot as that's (lots to Jesus's chagrin, i'm valuable).
2016-10-21 10:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and the books that were left out were not necessarily heretical there simply wasn't enough room to include them all.
2007-04-09 04:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No...
God decided that for us.....
What we have in scripture is a direct result of the sovereignty of God
2007-04-09 04:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't use the Bible to worship God.
My faith comes from within.
2007-04-09 04:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope. God did.
2007-04-09 04:45:12 · answer #10 · answered by Evan S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋