hypothetical question

[bloojeebus]

what if some ancient texts were found and deciphered and they shed new light on the life of jesus and some of this new information contradicted what is currently in the bible?

would this make any difference to you in your faith?
What would convince you that the texts were genuine?

 

[Marek]

I believe in the Bible in its current state. If God wanted additional texts in the Bible, they would be there. I might find some of these texts interesting, but I would not take them to be of a higher value than anything in the Bible.

 

[Blackguard_]

what if some ancient texts were found and deciphered and they shed new light on the life of jesus and some of this new information contradicted what is currently in the bible?

I don't see how the discovery of another apocryphal gospel or epistle would matter. There are already lots texts like the one you desribe.

would this make any difference to you in your faith?
What would convince you that the texts were genuine?

It would not really matter if the text was genuine. So what if someone in AD 50 had a different opinion than Luke, Paul, etc.? Like the above poster said, the Bible has already been determined and so anything that contradicts it cannot be true.

 

[bloojeebus]

I believe in the Bible in its current state. If God wanted additional texts in the Bible, they would be there..

how would you know that this wasn't god's will and his way of adding them to the bible?

 

[Marek]

how would you know that this wasn't god's will and his way of adding them to the bible?

Like I said, if God wanted additional texts in the Bible, they would already be there.

 

[HouseApe]

Like I said, if God wanted additional texts in the Bible, they would already be there.

How do you know that?

 

[Marek]

How do you know that?

God is all-powerful. His will will be done.

 

[Blackmarch]

what if some ancient texts were found and deciphered and they shed new light on the life of jesus and some of this new information contradicted what is currently in the bible?

would this make any difference to you in your faith?
What would convince you that the texts were genuine?

Probably would end up being more in line with it.

 

[Ledifni]

Like I said, if God wanted additional texts in the Bible, they would already be there.

You mean like how the Biblical canon was already decided before any humans got on the scene?

The NT canon was officially set in, IIRC, 367 AD. That is over three hundred years after Jesus supposedly died. But I suppose God told some master authority that he didn't intend to add anything more after that, just the three hundred years' worth?

 

[HouseApe]

God is all-powerful. His will will be done.

Ah, so you know God's will. Mighty, um, mighty of you!