Jesus, when Thomas doubted it was Him, said to Thomas "blessed are those who believe and have not seen" or something to that effect...
Did Jesus basically say "Hey...you're not blessed"?
2007-10-04 16:30:10 · 8 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! is a prince 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, I under stand what He said lol...but it's like "those who believe without seeing are blessed...and you had to see in order to believe...so you aren't blessed"...
I dunno, maybe I'm just reading too much into it!
2007-10-04 16:34:37 · update #1
Edge read some history...none of the books date to the time of Christ.
2007-10-04 16:35:03 · update #2
The book of Thomas, as well as the Gospel of Judas and Mary Magdalene, were written 5 or more generations after the death and resurrection of Christ. There is no credible connection to anyone who had a link to Jesus and his teachings/truth.
2007-10-04 16:43:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read some history. The book of Thomas does not date to the time of Christ. It likely come from the late 2nd to early 3rd century. If you want to read a good book about the so-called lost gospels "The case for the real Jesus" by Lee Strobel is a good book.
Technically I suppose you are correct. However the accepted cannon of the NT dates to the first century. Hence the time of Christ since He lived during that century.
2007-10-04 16:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
First, the "book of Thomas" is not in the cannon because it is a forgery. It was not written by the Apostle Thomas. Apostolic authority was one of the criteria used by those deciding.
Further, if you have ever read it, you would quickly see that it is very inconsistent with the scriptures.
2007-10-04 16:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The historical evidence indicates that Paul wrote 4 letters to the Corinthians...only two are scripture. Why?
Jesus proofread the OT for us...He stood on every Word of it....His Word.
I suppose it is reasonable to expect that the Holy Spirit also provided us with a good NT.
2007-10-04 16:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by harry killwater 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Gospel of Thomas was not included in the Bible for several reasons. Among the most important reasons are:
Actual authorship could not be determined.
Accounts of events contained in the book could not be verified in other books of the Bible.
2007-10-04 16:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No the book wasn't included because it was too mystical and self empowering. It talks a lot about the power of God being from within, sort of like a Buddhist concept of enlightenment, and those who put the Bible together were a group of men concerned with creating and maintaining authority.
2007-10-04 16:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the Book of Thomas, was not accepted in the canon.. because was againts the traditional doctrine of jesus christ.. the book might be written by someone who was not thomas another person..
2007-10-04 16:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no jesus just pointed out that Tomas had to see to believe but those who believe and don't see are blessed.
2007-10-04 16:33:18 · answer #8 · answered by fullofideas4u 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋