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According to who's authority? Not mine or anyone elses. It was formed by personal dogmatic belief and anything that didn't fit that belief was left out.

How was it not?

Outside opinion as in non-christian. You cannot enter an "outside opinion" within a Christian community without this ridiculousness that you are expressing. I have every right to put in my 2 cents. If its not wanted, I am waiting to be banned from the forum. :)

Well if you want to grow in self awareness and understanding then yeah we all need an outside opinion. ;) If not, then let you be left to your ignorance. :)

Well this is a close-minded statement. You don't have to be a Christian to be able to discuss General Theology. the·ol·o·gy/THēˈäləjē/Noun 1. The study of the nature of God and religious belief. 2. Religious beliefs and theory when systematically developed Everyone has...

So you detest the list of "Christians who/that..."? If so you speak like a real Westboro Baptist. :)

Yet for some reason the excluded books are left unheard of within congregations. I am pretty sure there are not many churches that speak on behalf of the excluded/barred books. (gnostics, Apocrypha, etc)

The books were barred/excluded/banned from the Bible canon. If those books were inserted today, it would no longer be the bible as we know it. It would probably create a seperate following all together like the Mormons and Catholics. The Bible is not a completely testible document. Just as...

Christianity in my mind still is a series of cults. :) And how is GENERAL THEOLOGY limited to Christians only? Its GENERAL theology! :doh:

I've never heard anyone say that was manipulating. I just got that word from my Christian mother. (She often will claim something "Non-Christian" or "Non-Biblical" manipulating. For example, Carbon-Dating) mhm... Well for one Enoch is one of several different books not included in the...

I am going to slap a big F on this for this reason: If you look at the forum this is posted under it says the following: "Exploring Christianity A Forum for Non Christians to explore Christianity with Christians."

If people had that exact lack of faith in the Bible, it would seem just as "dubious".

Those scriptures are perfect manipulating tools. According to my "faith". :)

What do you mean "well, no"? Thats exactly what they did. They were forming a book that would get a mass to appease to their ideals. Where do you get this information from? Where was the authority? It is by faith alone and no reason to conclude that God would use such a despicable human...

I thank you for the links. the post is really only to enlighten the idea that man created the bible and the context of which it was formed. :)

Like the documentary showed, the Bible was formed through a consensus of religious leaders. They went through a series of written text and decided what would make the Holy Scripture and what wouldn't. It only proves that it was all written and put into context by man. Whether they are...

So this is what first opened up my eyes to the hypocracy of the church. They say that the Bible is inerrant and from God. Yet there are books left out only to control free thought. What makes the Bible inerrant with there being so many missing documents? Many say that "it was meant to be"...

I know many celebate homosexuals. None that are doing it for God though. Only that they are waiting for Mr. Right to come around. Every person that said they were trying to "give up" homosexuality for the Lord (including me), they have ended up more hurt than helped. :whyy:

NARTH has been for the counseling to change "behaviour" forever. It was the result of the Sissy Boy Experiment. Its a ridiculous claim. No one has claimed that it was a fact that it was genetic. It is noted that all current research points to genetics. The link you posted is so bias and...