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Originally Posted by Black Arts
but come to think of it, the bible was written by men so this may sound contradictory on my part, so my bad, but why should we take the word of man as gospel. and wasn't the bible written over a large timescale?
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yes the bible was written by men...but, if u believe in it, u also believe those men were under divine inspiration to author it. What we know as the "bible" is actually a synthesis--i.e., a collection of various books written over a large time-span. There are other books that could have been included, but weren't based on their perceived inaccuracies and/or lack of authenticity. Who decided which books were included? A council of clergy centuries ago.
I've read other "gospels" of Jesus not included (non-canonical books) in our current bible. The one I read gave an account of Jesus' early childhood. It told stories of how Jesus was playing on the playground and another kid teased him. Jesus, not knowing his power, cursed the child and he fell dead.
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