[Hiram Sedai]

Originally posted by Yorick: quote: Originally posted by Hiram Sedai: I couldn't help myself. It was humans that decided what was canonized scripture, what was Apocrypha, and what was the pseodopygrapha. It was humans that kept the 66 books and decided that they were the "Word". I have much difficulty with that.

Right, and there are books today that you could call "inspired by God". The difference between these today, and those specifically in the New Testament, is that the New Testament was written by Jesus disciples, or those who knew Jesus disciples, so there information about Jesus was firsthand.

The old testament contains the Torah, written by Moses, which was the foundation of the Jewish faith. The Prophecies were included because firstly they came to pass, and secondly they contain much about how a relationship with Jesus works. Other books contain much valuable and honest history, others are beautiful songs. All speak about the Creator God, and when he is in you, you can feel the Holy Spirit when you read it. It's not just words on a page.[/QUOTE]I respect the fact that you have faith in your god. I will do nothing to insult you or change that. I wish I still had that seed (mustard) of faith. I envy you. Unfortunately, I don't share that view at the moment.

My point was how can one consider the book that we consider to be the Bible right now to be what was written originally by Moses, the prophets, David, the twelve apostles, and Mary (Hebrews?). Yes, I know Paul wasn't really an apostle because he was ugly but he still was cool I guess.

Human error vs omnipotence. That's my point.