and yet they don't even have the whole Bible? I mean, if there are seven whole books of the Bible which you've never read, then how can you know what's there?
2007-11-15 06:00:00 · 8 answers · asked by The Raven † 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jewsay - Thank you very much, well said! For some reason non-Catholic Christians think the apocrypha was "added" to the Bible. They don't realize it was always a part of the Jewish canon. So here they are carrying around incomplete Bibles and professing to know everything that is or is not in scripture!
2007-11-15 06:15:56 · update #1
I wish I could give a thumbs up to a question.
Furthermore. it's irritating when they argue about where the books came from. Us Jews are well aware that they were part of our canon at one time and they were removed. The Catholic church preserved them and kept them, they didn't add to the freakin bible.
2007-11-15 06:04:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 1⤋
Did Jesus Christ write down any part of the New Testament with His own hand? No, He did not. If the Bible was to be the sole authority of the Church, shouldn't the Founder have written down His Own teachings? Shouldn't He have at least stated something similar to the following: "the written works of My disciples will be the authority upon which My Church is based?"
Which books of the Old Testament did the Apostles accept as Scripture? Did they accept the 46 books as in the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible or the 39 books as in the King James version? The Septuagint was accepted among the Hellenistic sect of Judaism (of which St. Paul was a member) and this canon did indeed include the same books as the present-day Catholic Bible. In addition, the entire New Testament was written in Greek (Hellenist) with the exception of the Gospel of St. Matthew, which was written in Aramaic (the language spoken by Christ). Over 85% of the quotes from the Old Testament that are used in the New Testament are from the Septuagint. The Palestinian Old Testament canon was not compiled until between 70-90 A.D. and then, it was done so by the non-Christian Jews in violent reaction to early Judeo-Christianity. The Palestinian canon was the one chosen by Martin Luther based on the acceptance of it by the 16th century German Jewish community of Luther's time. This canon excludes the seven books that were accepted by the Apostles as Scripture. Why was the canon of the Protestant Old Testament decided by Jews and not Christians? In addition, why did Luther attempt to eliminate the Book of St. James and the Book of Revelation? Is it because they contradicted his dogma of "faith alone?"
2007-11-15 10:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, computers are not "refferenced" specifically in the Bible ... yet they exist ... the internet isn't mentioned ... eithor is airplanes, spaceshuttles, and giraffes.
Still I believe in the Bible being God's word and giving me His guidance even in a world full of computers, internet, airplanes, and other stuff. Imagine how freaked out if the Bible did reference manuals for airplanes ... what would ppl 2000-3000 years ago think of the Bible ... God had to simplify stuff ... and I believe if He were to add more, He'd still have to dumb it down for our little pea brains.
2007-11-15 06:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are exactly right. I think of it every time someone posts a comment that they word "Pope" isn't in the Bible. Well, neither is the word Bible or the word Trinity. People need to engage brain before opening mouth.
2007-11-15 06:07:50 · answer #4 · answered by TheoMDiv 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋
The Apocrypha?
2007-11-15 06:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
LOL, my thoughts exactly! very well said!!!
also, the fact that they had themselves believe that they have the Book of Revelation all figured out is so laughable I can hardly sit up straight from laughing out loud! their inconsistencies are unbelievable yet they insist that other people should follow them.
2007-11-15 06:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Perceptive 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
The BIBLE is complete as it is. In this state it is the holy inspired, inerrant, and infallible WORD of the LORD.
2007-11-15 06:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by rikirailrd 4 · 4⤊ 9⤋
I know what is in the Bible.
Mythology, superstition, folklore, bloodshed, bigotry, contradiction, innacuracy and lies.
And that's just scratching the surface.
2007-11-15 06:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 10⤋