Hi Folks,
I have always been a fan of the Bible however I always kept an open mind that the 66 Books that we know are the ones that a council of religious leaders chose. Christians would accuse me of Heresy but I don't give a crap. I honestly don't believe that something that is Lead by a vote is Holy Spirit lead. It should be unanimous.
Jesus as recorded in the Bible hated the Religious Elite e.g. the Pharisees yet immediately after Jesus death more Religious Elite came fourth under the banner of Christians.
If we read the Gospel of Thomas we find that Jesus says the Kingdom is inside each and every one of us. This is very enlightened talking.
There are presently known 169 Additional Books that are not even in the Bible. How can we say these meagre 66 books are the way to live life when more than double are not even in the Book. Its the same as saying heres a Rule book to live life yet il only give u 1/4 of it.
Interestingly what I find is that the Bible talks about very vague subjects that are open to interpretation which is why we have so many sects today. No two people are in agreement, Heck even the people who chose the books back then had no agreement but had no problem shoving what we know as the 'Holy' bible down our throats.
In Genesis for example we are told about a Flood because people back then were evil? But where did evil come from – Why did God impose such a harsh punishment, Hardly seams fair when a few verses before he said that his creation was 'Good'
In Enoch 1 we find the answers about the angels falling from heaven, those teaching men to make weapons and fight and enslaving humanity – This makes much more sense why God wanted to obliterate these fallen angles.
If we fast forward to the New Testament we learn that Judas was asked by Jesus to betray him, Judas was very close to Jesus so this makes sense that he would teach this to his confidant. Actually if we read the Gospel of Judas we even find that Jesus told Judas that future generations would hate him and call him evil for what he had done.
We also find reading these books primarily the Gnostic Gospel of John that Jesus was more of a Spiritualist – We find reason to why he taught about Eternal Life and why we are to turn away from our Evil selves. It makes so much more sense reading other books. It also highlights that Jesus is not the way to life but Belief in God himself and turning from Sin.
The Gnostic Books teach that Jesus was a lot more Sympathetic to the Human condition and actually explained the mysteries that we hear him talk about in the Coptic Gospels. We find that the Spirit of Life touches every single person but many reject it and some follow it.
And there are indeed 3 Outcomes.
Belief
If you believe when it touches you and turn from your sins and evils you will receive eternal life. We are taught to run from evil and will run with the help of the Spirit of Life. In turn you will receive eternal life.
UnBelief
If you don’t know what to believe. When you die you will be punished until your ignorance of the Spirit of Life is forgotten – Eventually you will be reconciled with God.
Blasphemy
This Group of people are those who have received Light and then chosen to walk away. This ties in with the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus told the Pharisees that whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven.
A
To have the Spirit of Life enlighten you and then deliberately wilfully reject it until your death in which case you are punished forever.
B
To witness the Spirits works and to call it evil. E.g. If you know that you have Just seen the Spirit of Truth working and you deliberately call it evil then this is also the sin. This is what the Pharisees did, Jesus told them that they could slag him off but never speak about the Holy Spirit who was the one performing the miracles as it was the Spirit of Life which is so awesome and powerful that it can do no wrong. What they did is they seen this working and said it was evil even when they knew deep down inside it was a miracle.
I do wonder why people don’t sit down and actually re add books back into the Bible. It would give it more credibility as these Gnostic Books are the only thing that holds me to believe the Bible as without them the Biblical Understanding is deeply flawed with many ‘Don’t Ask’ type of verses.
I honestly believe the way to Attain eternal life is through doing Good and Knowledge and following the teaching of Jesus. If we take the current bible as a pinch of salt and read some Gnostic works we find that Jesus instructs us to seek knowledge. He tells us that God is all around us and that there are reasons for why we are who we are.
I find that if these works are true then believing Jesus did not die to take our sins but to fix the broken link between mankind and God makes more sense. And that belief in him 'Saving' us, It also teaches that Jesus being God could not die and it was all Orchestrated.
By the way just to help this is the Plethora of books that was not included. I am sure there are more - The way I see it is if the early Church read them till about 400 AD then they are safe to read as they gave people a different view of Jesus than our people now.
To be honest I am strongly thinking of becoming a Gnostic - Jesus Gnostic Teachings turn out much better for life and Spiritualism than the Trinity concept which is completely flawed.
Gnostic Jesus is someone who is actually not a dick and he also shows wisdom which is much like Buddah.
Enjoy::::
[Books (20)]
The Book of Jasher
The Book of the Wars of the Lord
The Book of Songs
The Book of Samuel the Seer
The Book of Nathan the Prophet.
The Book of Gad the Seer.
The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel
The Book of Jehu
The Book of Tobit
The Book (or Wisdom) of Ahikar
The Book of the Bee
The Book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the Seer
The Book of Enoch 1 / 2 & 3
The Book of Nepos
The Book of The Life of Adam and Eve
The Five books by Jason of Cyrene
The Books of Jeu
The Books of Macabees 1 2 3 4
Gnostic: The Book of Thomas the Contender
Gnostic: The Secret Book of James
[/Books]
[Chronicles (3)]
Chronicles of the Kings of Israel
Chronicles of the Kings of Judah
Chronicles of King Ahasuerus
[/Chronicles]
[History (3)]
History of Joseph
History of the Captivity in Babylon
History of the Rechabites
[/History]
[Prayers (3)]
Prayer of Joseph
Prayer of Jacob
Prayer of Paul
[/Prayers]
[Acts (21)]
Acts of the Kings of Israel.
Acts of Solomon.
Acts of Uziah
Acts of Andrew
Acts of Barnabas
Acts of John
Acts of the Martyrs
Acts of Paul
Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter and Andrew
Acts of Peter and Paul
Acts of Peter and the Twelve
Acts of Philip
Acts of Pilate
Acts of Thomas
Acts of Timothy
Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca
Gnostic: Acts of Paul and Thecla
Gnostic: The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles;
Gnostic: Acts of Peter
Gnostic: Acts of Thomas
[/Acts]
[Epistles (10)]
Epistle of Barnabas
Epistles of Clement
Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Epistle to Diognetus
Epistle to the Laodiceans (an epistle in the name of Paul)
Epistle to Seneca the Younger (an epistle in the name of Paul)
Corinthians 3
[/Epistles]
[Apocalypse (13)]
Apocalypse of Paul
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
Apocalypse of Thomas
Apocalypse of Stephen
First Apocalypse of James
Second Apocalypse of James
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Adam
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Paul.
Gnostic: The (First) Apocalypse of James;
Gnostic: The (Second) Apocalypse of James
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Peter;
Gnostic: Apocalypse of Peter
[/Apocalypse]
[Gospels (22)]
Greek Gospel of the Egyptians
The Secret Gospel of Mark
The Oxyrhynchus Gospels
The Egerton Gospel
Gospel of Jesus' Wife
Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Nicodemus
Gospel of Bartholomew
Gospel of Eve
Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms
Gospel of Matthias
Gospel of Perfection
Gospel of the Seventy
Gospel of Thaddaeus
Gospel of the Twelve
Gospel of the Saviour
Gnostic: The Gospel of Truth
Gnostic: The Gospel of Judas
Gnostic: The Gospel of Thomas
Gnostic: The Gospel of Mary
Gnostic: The Gospel of the Savior
Gnostic: The Gospel of Philip
[/Gospels]
[Other (74)]
The Shepherd of Hermas
Apostolic Constitutions
Memoria Apostolorum
Sentences of Sextus
Physiologus
The Naassene Fragment
The Fayyum Fragment
Penitence of Origen
Canons of the Apostles
Cave of Treasures
Clementine literature
Didache
Liturgy of St James
Apostolic Constitutions
Martyrdom of Isaiah
Letter of Aristeas
Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah
Joseph and Aseneth
Lives of the Prophets
Ladder of Jacob
Jannes and Jambres
The Manner of the Kingdom
The Annals of King David.
The Prophecy of Ahijah
The Story of the Book of Kings
The Vision of Isaiah.
The Sayings of the Seers.
The Laments for Josiah
Aesop's fable
The Egyptian Satire of the Trades,
The archives
Memoirs of Nehemiah
letters of the kings
The king's letter
Assumption of Moses
Pistis Sophia
Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians
Trimorphic Protennoia
Ophite Diagrams
Eldad and Modad
Odes of Solomon
Questions of Bartholomew
Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Dialogue of the Saviour
Gnostic: Basilides
Gnostic: Naassene Fragment
Gnostic: Dialogue of the Savior
Gnostic: Marcion
Gnostic: Epiphanes
Gnostic: Ophite Diagrams
Gnostic: Ptolemy
Gnostic: Excerpts of Theodotus
Gnostic: Heracleon
Gnostic: The Apocryphon of John
Gnostic: The Hypostasis of the Archons
Gnostic: On the Origin of the World
Gnostic: The Paraphrase of Shem
Gnostic: The Treatise on the Resurrection
Gnostic: The Tripartite Tractate
Gnostic: Eugnostos the Blessed
Gnostic: The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
Gnostic: The Teachings of Silvanus
Gnostic: The Testimony of Truth
Gnostic: The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Gnostic: The Prayer of Thanksgiving;
Gnostic: A Valentinian Exposition
Gnostic: The Three Steles of Seth
Gnostic: The Prayer of the Apostle Paul.
Gnostic: The Thunder, Perfect Mind
Gnostic: The Thought of Norea
Gnostic: The Sophia of Jesus Christ;
Gnostic: The Exegesis on the Soul.
Gnostic: The Letter of Peter to Philip
Gnostic: The Apocryphon of James
I have always been a fan of the Bible however I always kept an open mind that the 66 Books that we know are the ones that a council of religious leaders chose. Christians would accuse me of Heresy but I don't give a crap. I honestly don't believe that something that is Lead by a vote is Holy Spirit lead. It should be unanimous.
Jesus as recorded in the Bible hated the Religious Elite e.g. the Pharisees yet immediately after Jesus death more Religious Elite came fourth under the banner of Christians.
If we read the Gospel of Thomas we find that Jesus says the Kingdom is inside each and every one of us. This is very enlightened talking.
There are presently known 169 Additional Books that are not even in the Bible. How can we say these meagre 66 books are the way to live life when more than double are not even in the Book. Its the same as saying heres a Rule book to live life yet il only give u 1/4 of it.
Interestingly what I find is that the Bible talks about very vague subjects that are open to interpretation which is why we have so many sects today. No two people are in agreement, Heck even the people who chose the books back then had no agreement but had no problem shoving what we know as the 'Holy' bible down our throats.
In Genesis for example we are told about a Flood because people back then were evil? But where did evil come from – Why did God impose such a harsh punishment, Hardly seams fair when a few verses before he said that his creation was 'Good'
In Enoch 1 we find the answers about the angels falling from heaven, those teaching men to make weapons and fight and enslaving humanity – This makes much more sense why God wanted to obliterate these fallen angles.
If we fast forward to the New Testament we learn that Judas was asked by Jesus to betray him, Judas was very close to Jesus so this makes sense that he would teach this to his confidant. Actually if we read the Gospel of Judas we even find that Jesus told Judas that future generations would hate him and call him evil for what he had done.
We also find reading these books primarily the Gnostic Gospel of John that Jesus was more of a Spiritualist – We find reason to why he taught about Eternal Life and why we are to turn away from our Evil selves. It makes so much more sense reading other books. It also highlights that Jesus is not the way to life but Belief in God himself and turning from Sin.
The Gnostic Books teach that Jesus was a lot more Sympathetic to the Human condition and actually explained the mysteries that we hear him talk about in the Coptic Gospels. We find that the Spirit of Life touches every single person but many reject it and some follow it.
And there are indeed 3 Outcomes.
Belief
If you believe when it touches you and turn from your sins and evils you will receive eternal life. We are taught to run from evil and will run with the help of the Spirit of Life. In turn you will receive eternal life.
UnBelief
If you don’t know what to believe. When you die you will be punished until your ignorance of the Spirit of Life is forgotten – Eventually you will be reconciled with God.
Blasphemy
This Group of people are those who have received Light and then chosen to walk away. This ties in with the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus told the Pharisees that whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven.
A
To have the Spirit of Life enlighten you and then deliberately wilfully reject it until your death in which case you are punished forever.
B
To witness the Spirits works and to call it evil. E.g. If you know that you have Just seen the Spirit of Truth working and you deliberately call it evil then this is also the sin. This is what the Pharisees did, Jesus told them that they could slag him off but never speak about the Holy Spirit who was the one performing the miracles as it was the Spirit of Life which is so awesome and powerful that it can do no wrong. What they did is they seen this working and said it was evil even when they knew deep down inside it was a miracle.
I do wonder why people don’t sit down and actually re add books back into the Bible. It would give it more credibility as these Gnostic Books are the only thing that holds me to believe the Bible as without them the Biblical Understanding is deeply flawed with many ‘Don’t Ask’ type of verses.
I honestly believe the way to Attain eternal life is through doing Good and Knowledge and following the teaching of Jesus. If we take the current bible as a pinch of salt and read some Gnostic works we find that Jesus instructs us to seek knowledge. He tells us that God is all around us and that there are reasons for why we are who we are.
I find that if these works are true then believing Jesus did not die to take our sins but to fix the broken link between mankind and God makes more sense. And that belief in him 'Saving' us, It also teaches that Jesus being God could not die and it was all Orchestrated.
By the way just to help this is the Plethora of books that was not included. I am sure there are more - The way I see it is if the early Church read them till about 400 AD then they are safe to read as they gave people a different view of Jesus than our people now.
To be honest I am strongly thinking of becoming a Gnostic - Jesus Gnostic Teachings turn out much better for life and Spiritualism than the Trinity concept which is completely flawed.
Gnostic Jesus is someone who is actually not a dick and he also shows wisdom which is much like Buddah.
Enjoy::::
[Books (20)]
The Book of Jasher
The Book of the Wars of the Lord
The Book of Songs
The Book of Samuel the Seer
The Book of Nathan the Prophet.
The Book of Gad the Seer.
The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel
The Book of Jehu
The Book of Tobit
The Book (or Wisdom) of Ahikar
The Book of the Bee
The Book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the Seer
The Book of Enoch 1 / 2 & 3
The Book of Nepos
The Book of The Life of Adam and Eve
The Five books by Jason of Cyrene
The Books of Jeu
The Books of Macabees 1 2 3 4
Gnostic: The Book of Thomas the Contender
Gnostic: The Secret Book of James
[/Books]
[Chronicles (3)]
Chronicles of the Kings of Israel
Chronicles of the Kings of Judah
Chronicles of King Ahasuerus
[/Chronicles]
[History (3)]
History of Joseph
History of the Captivity in Babylon
History of the Rechabites
[/History]
[Prayers (3)]
Prayer of Joseph
Prayer of Jacob
Prayer of Paul
[/Prayers]
[Acts (21)]
Acts of the Kings of Israel.
Acts of Solomon.
Acts of Uziah
Acts of Andrew
Acts of Barnabas
Acts of John
Acts of the Martyrs
Acts of Paul
Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter and Andrew
Acts of Peter and Paul
Acts of Peter and the Twelve
Acts of Philip
Acts of Pilate
Acts of Thomas
Acts of Timothy
Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca
Gnostic: Acts of Paul and Thecla
Gnostic: The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles;
Gnostic: Acts of Peter
Gnostic: Acts of Thomas
[/Acts]
[Epistles (10)]
Epistle of Barnabas
Epistles of Clement
Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Epistle to Diognetus
Epistle to the Laodiceans (an epistle in the name of Paul)
Epistle to Seneca the Younger (an epistle in the name of Paul)
Corinthians 3
[/Epistles]
[Apocalypse (13)]
Apocalypse of Paul
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
Apocalypse of Thomas
Apocalypse of Stephen
First Apocalypse of James
Second Apocalypse of James
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Adam
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Paul.
Gnostic: The (First) Apocalypse of James;
Gnostic: The (Second) Apocalypse of James
Gnostic: The Apocalypse of Peter;
Gnostic: Apocalypse of Peter
[/Apocalypse]
[Gospels (22)]
Greek Gospel of the Egyptians
The Secret Gospel of Mark
The Oxyrhynchus Gospels
The Egerton Gospel
Gospel of Jesus' Wife
Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Nicodemus
Gospel of Bartholomew
Gospel of Eve
Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms
Gospel of Matthias
Gospel of Perfection
Gospel of the Seventy
Gospel of Thaddaeus
Gospel of the Twelve
Gospel of the Saviour
Gnostic: The Gospel of Truth
Gnostic: The Gospel of Judas
Gnostic: The Gospel of Thomas
Gnostic: The Gospel of Mary
Gnostic: The Gospel of the Savior
Gnostic: The Gospel of Philip
[/Gospels]
[Other (74)]
The Shepherd of Hermas
Apostolic Constitutions
Memoria Apostolorum
Sentences of Sextus
Physiologus
The Naassene Fragment
The Fayyum Fragment
Penitence of Origen
Canons of the Apostles
Cave of Treasures
Clementine literature
Didache
Liturgy of St James
Apostolic Constitutions
Martyrdom of Isaiah
Letter of Aristeas
Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah
Joseph and Aseneth
Lives of the Prophets
Ladder of Jacob
Jannes and Jambres
The Manner of the Kingdom
The Annals of King David.
The Prophecy of Ahijah
The Story of the Book of Kings
The Vision of Isaiah.
The Sayings of the Seers.
The Laments for Josiah
Aesop's fable
The Egyptian Satire of the Trades,
The archives
Memoirs of Nehemiah
letters of the kings
The king's letter
Assumption of Moses
Pistis Sophia
Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians
Trimorphic Protennoia
Ophite Diagrams
Eldad and Modad
Odes of Solomon
Questions of Bartholomew
Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Dialogue of the Saviour
Gnostic: Basilides
Gnostic: Naassene Fragment
Gnostic: Dialogue of the Savior
Gnostic: Marcion
Gnostic: Epiphanes
Gnostic: Ophite Diagrams
Gnostic: Ptolemy
Gnostic: Excerpts of Theodotus
Gnostic: Heracleon
Gnostic: The Apocryphon of John
Gnostic: The Hypostasis of the Archons
Gnostic: On the Origin of the World
Gnostic: The Paraphrase of Shem
Gnostic: The Treatise on the Resurrection
Gnostic: The Tripartite Tractate
Gnostic: Eugnostos the Blessed
Gnostic: The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
Gnostic: The Teachings of Silvanus
Gnostic: The Testimony of Truth
Gnostic: The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Gnostic: The Prayer of Thanksgiving;
Gnostic: A Valentinian Exposition
Gnostic: The Three Steles of Seth
Gnostic: The Prayer of the Apostle Paul.
Gnostic: The Thunder, Perfect Mind
Gnostic: The Thought of Norea
Gnostic: The Sophia of Jesus Christ;
Gnostic: The Exegesis on the Soul.
Gnostic: The Letter of Peter to Philip
Gnostic: The Apocryphon of James
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