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Originally Posted by Timmy
Oh, I've never denied that there is some good wisdom (applicable) in the Bible. But I am skeptical of a lot of its accuracy..
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You mean such as that "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John" were demonstrably not written by anyone named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but rather named by later Christians believing the accounts sounded like M, M, J, and J?
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Originally Posted by Timmy
That some books survived a long time says nothing... The chosen books for the canon reflected a certain group of people's preferred narrative. Other groups had other ideas, but they lost. The winners ended up with a different canon, just because they were the winners..
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Yep. The precious KJV originally featured 7 books (intertestament) that were all but left out of KJVs by the
mid 1800s. AMAZING how long it took Yahweh, Jesus, or the Holy Ghost to finally get it right!
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Originally Posted by Timmy
Other canons are still in use today, by the way. Majority rules? Mmmkay.
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And when the Muslim population overtakes the worldwide Christian population (and it will, given birth rates) I guess that means (at least to someone in this thread) that the Koran is then vindicated as true or valid, thanks to long-term popularity.