They left them out cause there in contradiction with ones they kept unfortunately. They promote ideas that lead one to look more in the mystical and make one ask metaphorical questions when looking towards answers and asking questions in regards to the Creator.
Constantine at the time of the council of nicea seemed to believe Christianity was confusing and needed a straight forward doctrine that could help control the masses much like the previous ideology did.
It's highly possibly all those writings which we consider scripture where notes compiled of various more complete scripture that had been preserved from being destroyed, the originals being burnt.
You can read the early church father's if you are curious about the original faith handed down by the Apostles. Irenaeus for example was the student of Polycarp, who was the student of John the Theologian and Apostle.
Well aware, don't mean to offend anyone's faith but I question everything. The theory that those, dead sea scrolls are what remains of some very important books that were destroyed possibly in the burning of the library of Alexandria.
Carbon dating? That schmidt has been proven flawed many times, over decades.
The Apocrypha is not accepted as canon BC of the Council of Nicea, so "sealed" by whom? Constantine?
My uncle was a preacher & he used to give me these kind of circular logic answers, always ending with, You just have to have Faith, sometimes interchangeable with Believe.
I'm not criticizing your faith or starting an argument, but there are So Many cliches that people in the church use, & they use them without any thought whatsoever - in the exact same way lefties always employ theirs. Again, not condemning you, personally, I don't know you, but I've heard them all.
Example: it was just so filled with the Spirit, God came Down & He was there in that church with us!
Me, nonplussed: so where was He all the Other times you were there, then? Was He not there, until This time?
Confused look, startled, confused look - Panic: oh, no, no, that's not, um..
Me, finally: I know what you meant, but you all say the Same things, the same Way, you don't even listen to what you're saying, it's all just catchphrases, by rote, at this point.
I didn't paint you with that brush. I was courteous & civil to you. You seem in a hurry to be offended so you can whine & rail, but that's a You problem; it has nothing to do with me.
You want to repay civility with attacks, go for it.
I'm a fucking Marine, you don't scare me.
DON'T think you're going to f-cking talk down at me & reprimand me like I'm one of your children.
They left them out cause there in contradiction with ones they kept unfortunately. They promote ideas that lead one to look more in the mystical and make one ask metaphorical questions when looking towards answers and asking questions in regards to the Creator. Constantine at the time of the council of nicea seemed to believe Christianity was confusing and needed a straight forward doctrine that could help control the masses much like the previous ideology did. It's highly possibly all those writings which we consider scripture where notes compiled of various more complete scripture that had been preserved from being destroyed, the originals being burnt.
Most of the are dubious authenticity, or gnostic.
You can read the early church father's if you are curious about the original faith handed down by the Apostles. Irenaeus for example was the student of Polycarp, who was the student of John the Theologian and Apostle.
Well aware, don't mean to offend anyone's faith but I question everything. The theory that those, dead sea scrolls are what remains of some very important books that were destroyed possibly in the burning of the library of Alexandria.
Do we know they were written before? If so, how?
Carbon dating? That schmidt has been proven flawed many times, over decades.
The Apocrypha is not accepted as canon BC of the Council of Nicea, so "sealed" by whom? Constantine?
My uncle was a preacher & he used to give me these kind of circular logic answers, always ending with, You just have to have Faith, sometimes interchangeable with Believe.
I'm not criticizing your faith or starting an argument, but there are So Many cliches that people in the church use, & they use them without any thought whatsoever - in the exact same way lefties always employ theirs. Again, not condemning you, personally, I don't know you, but I've heard them all.
Example: it was just so filled with the Spirit, God came Down & He was there in that church with us!
Me, nonplussed: so where was He all the Other times you were there, then? Was He not there, until This time?
Confused look, startled, confused look - Panic: oh, no, no, that's not, um..
Me, finally: I know what you meant, but you all say the Same things, the same Way, you don't even listen to what you're saying, it's all just catchphrases, by rote, at this point.
I didn't paint you with that brush. I was courteous & civil to you. You seem in a hurry to be offended so you can whine & rail, but that's a You problem; it has nothing to do with me. You want to repay civility with attacks, go for it. I'm a fucking Marine, you don't scare me.
DON'T think you're going to f-cking talk down at me & reprimand me like I'm one of your children.