// It's not a matter of the Bible "lying," Barry// That wasn't my point . I believe that the bible comes from God , it is true and God cannot lie ..Thats how I approach the bible .
It's not a matter of the Bible "lying," Barry. The fact of the matter is that any time human beings are a part of the recording, preserving, transcribing and translating process of any written document, there is a potential of error. And to just pretend otherwise is really pretty naive...
Most Christians have very limited knowledge of how the Bible they believe to be "complete and infallible" ever came to exist in the first place. For example...
A list of the books comprising the "Christian" canon was compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D. This list was discovered in 1740 in...
Antiochus the Great transported 2,000 Jewish families to Phrygia from Babylonia. Many of Laodicea's inhabitants were Jews, and Cicero records that Flaccus confiscated the considerable sum of 9 kilograms (20 lb) of gold which was being sent annually to Jerusalem for the Temple (Pro Flacco 28-68)...
The Bible doesn't even claim to be infallible, Richard. That's just you talking, and it appears as if you're in over your head. When the flaws in your reasoning were pointed out to you on another thread you started, you had no response except to say that everyone was wrong but you. Now you've...
I'm not sure that even the Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew scriptures would be inerrant, unless they were the original manuscripts, which they are not.
Nor am I. But that's not my concern. This is:
A list of the books comprising the "Christian" canon was compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D...
Let's take a brief look at the evolution of the biblical canon. In 1740, a list of the canonical books compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D. was discovered in the Ambrosian Library in Milan, Italy. Missing from the Accepted canon in 200 A.D. were Hebrews, James, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. Only two...
Let's take a brief look at the evolution of the biblical canon. In 1740, a list of the canonical books compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D. was discovered in the Ambrosian Library in Milan, Italy. Missing from the accepted canon in 200 A.D. were Hebrews, James, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. Only two...
Well, let's take a brief look at the evolution of the biblical canon. In 1740, a list of the canonical books compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D. was discovered in the Ambrosian Library in Milan, Italy. Missing from the accepted canon in 200 A.D. were Hebrews, James, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. Only...
Regarding the actual NAME by which the early Church/Churches of Jesus Christ were known.
It is probably obvious to readers that the earliest churches were not known as the Catholic Church nor did a specific congregation change “places” and thus changing names with it’s locale. The “Church in...
Chur, a few kiwis on here I see. ;)
I think the best place to start finding the answers is within the New Testament itself. And I think a good study of the Acts of the Apostles is a good place to start. It kinda fills us in on the many problems the Apostles and early disciples in Christ were...
Only a little sarcasm, the points were accurate. As I pointed out elsewhere, the word canon comes from he Greek kanwn and the Hebrew qaneh. It literally means (a) a straight rod or bar (b) a measuring rule as used by masons and carpenters (C) a rule or standard for...
You're wrong about that.
In 1740, a list of the canonical books compiled in Rome just prior to 200 A.D. was discovered in the Ambrosian Library in Milan, Italy. Missing from the accepted canon in 200 A.D. were Hebrews, James, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. Only two of John's letters were considered...
The book of Mormon came by a similar enlightenment as Islam and the Qran.
Both came by a claim of a visit by an angel of light and both contract the Bible in its total context.
2 Corinthians 11:14
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
As for Catholicism, that was a...
I do not have disgust for you personally. You are not my enemy. I have disgust for Mormonism because I consider it a false religion, because much of its teachings are contrary to what the Bible teaches. Keep in mind that Jesus had contempt for the false teahing os teh Pharisees and the...
Omega, why do you always seem so angry? I just don't understand the level of contempt I feel from you. This is a serious question. I don't understand this seething disgust for anyone who sees things differently from you. Could you maybe explain why this is?
I've never given the Book of...
I never answer post that long. I will only address your last remark. Most of Paul's writings are not about defending his positions. The great majority is teaching the basics of Christianity, from which conservative Christianity gets many of its basic doctrines.
With all of you books...
Your argument here only works if we have both Luke and Matthew. If they were purposely created in order to compliment each other. That's not the case. Matthew and Luke were written for different audiences. More so, they weren't always agreed upon. Some early canons had one or the other, or even...