(March 4, 2015 at 11:10 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: You're probably aware that the NT is a bit goofed-up.
- there are the genuine letters from Paul and the phony letters from Paul
- the verse in Mark about snake handling doesn't belong
- the verse in Corinthians about women keeping silent doesn't belong
- 2 Corinthians is actually 4 or 5 letters and one of them isn't from Paul
- ... I'm sure that is only scratching the surface of the problems scholars have found.
What if you could buy a NT that was as authentic as possible based on our modern research?
- Pseudo-Paul letters would be eliminated as forgeries
- 2 Corinthians would become 2.1 Corinthians, 2.2 Corinthians, 2.3 Corinthians, etc.
- 2 Peter, 2 John, and 3 John would be eliminated as forgeries
- Sections of the gospels that were probably added later would be eliminated
What do you think? Does something like this already exist? If you're going to be a Christian, you might as well use a Bible that is as accurate as possible IMO.
I think bibles should be required to include a chapter as to how the different books came to be included in the cannon. Lots of Christians seem to believe that their bible appeared in its full form with verse and chapter numbers. You would think that the bible itself would provide something as important as which books belong in its cannon.
