I have read about some books that were purposely left out of the Bible and discarded in the Middle Ages, but when you go down that road, it’s hard to know what’s true or not.
It’s one of the reasons why I don’t go to church, read the Bible, despite being spiritual by nature, it’s been so heavily distorted, and the knowledge of ancient predisaster civilizations pushing human civilization and existence back by over 100k years...
It’s made me question a lot of things about religion and history. We have been systematically lied to about everything
Yep there are tons of apocrypha and books that were discarded because they didn't align with the goals of the Church or would be a threat to their control/power. The Council of Nicea determined the canon, but even this is being washed over and challenged as being "false" or "imaginary" because it is a threat to the legitimacy of the modern Bible.
I have read about some books that were purposely left out of the Bible and discarded in the Middle Ages, but when you go down that road, it’s hard to know what’s true or not.
and this^ is why I've been so interested in the Q-Source-Sayings Gospel of Jesus.
it's the common material between Matthew and Luke, but not in Mark.
almost like Jesus left us a code to verify HIS words...
AND when you read through the Q-Source, it's very similar to our Q...talks about the rights of children, the corruption of the elite, etc.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/q.html
several books related to Q-Source on Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/completegospels00robe/page/248/mode/2up
It’s one of the reasons why I don’t go to church, read the Bible, despite being spiritual by nature, it’s been so heavily distorted, and the knowledge of ancient predisaster civilizations pushing human civilization and existence back by over 100k years...
It’s made me question a lot of things about religion and history. We have been systematically lied to about everything
Yep there are tons of apocrypha and books that were discarded because they didn't align with the goals of the Church or would be a threat to their control/power. The Council of Nicea determined the canon, but even this is being washed over and challenged as being "false" or "imaginary" because it is a threat to the legitimacy of the modern Bible.