2007-12-15 11:58:32 · 13 answers · asked by Defunct 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can. After all Big Marty did it during the reformation.
2007-12-15 12:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by STAR POWER=) 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no reason why you can't. I have a friend who rejects the OT. The canonical NT is rather thin,particularly since he threw out the Pauline stuff too. But then he discovered all the early Christian scriptures that were excluded - Clement,Barnabas,etc. - and found that he had no trouble creating a perfectly bona-fide all-christian text of substantial length and quality. The Epistles of Barnabas almost made it in; Revelations almost didn't. It's not exactly arbitrary but there is just as much validity for you to do it as anyone else. Just use their basis for credibility: pray for guidance and make your selection; assume the guidance was provided. That's all these various councils did.
2007-12-15 12:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by Maya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hard part is actually getting them out. You use scissors? Razor blade? Then once they're out the binding doesn't hold up as well, and the whole thing starts falling apart. Just do what most people do and ignore the parts you don't like. :-)
Peace to you.
2007-12-15 12:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by Orpheus Rising 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally agree...I think they should rip out the gospels and throw some Harry Potter in there...much more interesting and engaging!
2007-12-15 12:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by Kary L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Were you thinking of starting your own church or following? Do what ever you want, you don't require any book to know the one thing that Jesus wanted people to learn, and that was to love one another.
2007-12-15 12:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because now they have managed to get it just perfect. You will just have to take their word for it, and if you have enough faith, you can even talk yourself into believing it.
2007-12-15 12:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i kind of like the leather covers. its all that stuff in between that bothers me
2007-12-15 12:12:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can still read them, online. See if it changes anything about the faith.
http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-apocryphal-old-testament-by-h-f-d-sparks.jsp?CRID=the-apocryphal-old-testament-by-h-f-d-sparks&OFFID=se2qbp&KEY=online%20apocryphal%20books
2007-12-15 12:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since when?
2007-12-15 12:01:31 · answer #9 · answered by Skunk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't like any of them so we should throw them all away.
2007-12-15 12:02:17 · answer #10 · answered by clint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋