(November 3, 2014 at 10:22 am)polar bear Wrote: So let me ask a question to the christians. Are the letters that were not included in this current bible written by the breath of god?The letters we included can be verified by having several copies that all read the same, and by age. They all must be of a certain age..
Quote: If not why?Because the copies did not jive with each other or they were not old enough for the 3rd/4th century cut off.
Quote:Who is qualified to know what is and is not from god?I was certainly alot easier to decide i the 3rd century than it is now, as those in that position to decide were only one or two generations removed from these events.
Quote:According to you, god is omnipotent so all of the letters must have been inspired by god.What makes you think every letter written iin the 1st century was written by God?
Quote: Why not include all of them?When would judas have time to write a letter? why wasn't it found till the 16th century?
Quote: Am I the only one who is bothered that a group of men took a group of letters and molded a religion as best they could to fit their needs?You haven't actually read the bible have you? or maybe your confusing it with the koran.. And somehow that doesn't bother you, enough to make an uninformed observation like the one you just made.
The bible and the principles it teaches, While common place today, was very counter culture then. Everything the bible teaches was backwards from what the jew and those who served other gods did in worship/life. Many of you will point at the huge gap between how the new and Old testaments differ, Imagine how much more difference there was then.. Someone teach a new message like that, well they might even nail Him to a cross, and even some of his followers to a cross to try and stop this message.
Quote: And the job they did was quite flawed if we are being honest.
so is your reasoning, based on popular atheist arguements rather than the actual source material.
