Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
I don't doubt the gospels have some truth in them, but the mythical parts are hard for any person in this day and time to accept.
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Better question. Who decide which book went in the Bible and which didn't? A roman King of all people. There were many other Gospel of time that were not included and who know why? To protect the church!
Um, no.
The books of the NT were in use for about 300 years before Constantine. They didn't just fall out of the sky. The reason why they were canonized is because they were in use... the other Gospels simply had fallen out of use at the time.
They may have existed before then, but there was no official canon before then. There were varying codexes containing books such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Shepherd of Hermas, etc.
I don't doubt the gospels have some truth in them, but the mythical parts are hard for any person in this day and time to accept.
Well, the Apocalypse of Peter and the Gospel of Thomas does not appear in ANY New Testament Codex.
The Epistle of Barnabas and parts of the Shepherd of Hermas appears in Codex Sinaicus and probably should have been in the NT. But niether one of these are Gnostic nor heretical. Codex Sinaiticus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I am speaking of such codexes like Origen's codex, Clement of Alexandria's codex, Ambrose's codex, etc. Any codexes, in general.
I don't doubt the gospels have some truth in them, but the mythical parts are hard for any person in this day and time to accept.
Um, no.
The books of the NT were in use for about 300 years before Constantine. They didn't just fall out of the sky. The reason why they were canonized is because they were in use... the other Gospels simply had fallen out of use at the time.
Yes i am aware of that fact, I never said they feel from the sky. There were other gospels in use but were not included in the Canon. My point is Costaintine was a Roman King trying to orginize an impire and his was the final word on the canon, from what I have been able to gather on the subject. I am by no means an expert on the subject but I wonder why a Roman King would be the authority to decide what goes in and what stays out?
ye of little faith.I doubt any of it is true from a historical perspective.
ye of little faith.
ye of little faith.
I'm not a faith person.
That was my point. One has to have a great deal of faith to believe the gospels in any way reflect actual historical accounts. You and I both are not people of the faith.I'm not a faith person.
Speaking for myself, my experiences buying a used car took me from being a "faith person" to a "profanity person".Have you ever bought a used car?
Speaking for myself, my experiences buying a used car took me from being a "faith person" to a "profanity person".
Heh... in two years, I've spent more repairing my van than I paid for it in the first place.Not me.
I bought a 1994 Ford Ranger in 1997 with 70k miles on it.
I've kept it up. Now 200k miles and still trucking.
But who would look to buy a history text from the NT gospels section of your local book store besides Oberon?