The Canonical Gospels Have No Authority

[abaris]

If we actually had ALL of the stories that the Catholic church had when it decided what mumbo jumbo it would include in the bible - how they determined what was correct - and what was not - simply was decided by people who were not eye witnesses and could not have been. So - the stories of the bible were chosen by a vote of human who had no idea - and simply wanted to define their religious beliefs.

Mostly a political decision, since within the 4th century they saw a real chance of becoming Roman state religion. So many believes of early christians were thrown out the window. They were opposed to military service and excommunicated everyone serving with the legions. They also were mostly opposed to capital punishment and that went out the window too. Both standpoints weren't popular with the Roman emperor.

I call the rise of christianity the Constantinian buttkissing contest.