"Banned from the Bible" (Revelation, gospels, quote, Catholic)

[Deguire]

Did anyone see this on the History Channel last night? It was quite interesting.

INFO

For those who may have watched it, any thoughts?

[kdbrich]

Not a big fan of "new information" type shows like that. I have a hard time believing that for 2000 years people were just wrong.

[Deguire]

Originally Posted by kdbrich

Not a big fan of "new information" type shows like that. I have a hard time believing that for 2000 years people were just wrong.

I'm sure a lot of people in Galileo's day were saying the same thing you are saying in their adamance that the world was still flat and was the center of the universe.

[kdbrich]

apples and oranges.


We're talking about books that were written 2000 years ago...and whether or not some books written 200 years later should be considered part of them.


Not scientific analysis of the solar system.

[cncracer]

I have seen it several times, I keep waiting for Documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There” That will be interesting to watch also.

[Deguire]

Originally Posted by kdbrich

apples and oranges.


We're talking about books that were written 2000 years ago...and whether or not some books written 200 years later should be considered part of them.


Not scientific analysis of the solar system.

Well this was not about "new information." This was about old, available information that is rarely known or considered by the average lay person.

[arod0331]

Originally Posted by Deguire

Did anyone see this on the History Channel last night? It was quite interesting.

INFO

For those who may have watched it, any thoughts?

Saw parts of it. Quite fascinating.

[bluepacific]

Originally Posted by Deguire

Did anyone see this on the History Channel last night? It was quite interesting.

INFO

For those who may have watched it, any thoughts?

They have actually had this series on many times before. The problem with most of those books not being considered as part of the Bible canon as we have it today, is that they do not harmonize with the rest of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures. They do not fit the theme of the bible which is God's Kingdom which begins with Genisis 3:15 right thru Revelation. Also Jesus and his apostles do not quote from them as having any value or any worth or import. The Catholic Bibles have more books like the books of the Maccabees, but although these may even have some historic value, they do not contribute to the theme of the rest of the bible.

[kdbrich]

Originally Posted by Deguire

Well this was not about "new information." This was about old, available information that is rarely known or considered by the average lay person.

I'm sorry...I don't think we're that special that we just now "discovered" these secret books that were lost until now.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by kdbrich

apples and oranges.


We're talking about books that were written 2000 years ago...and whether or not some books written 200 years later should be considered part of them.


Not scientific analysis of the solar system.

Actually, none of the gospels were written 2000 years ago. Most of them were written 50 years or a century after Christ, with Revelation dating from about 100 AD and written by someone who did never met anyone WHO NEVER MET ANYONE who knew any of the Apostles. But, the Gospel of Thomas dates from about 70 AD, and yet, it is considered "not canonical"