[Faith-talk] is it wrong to question?

[John J. Boyer]

I just glanced at the Wikipedia article on Gnosticism. It is good. There 
were many Gnostic groups. All of them believed that matter was evil. 
Their other beliefs were very diverse.

John

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 07:15:45AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> Timothy and John, if I recall correctly there was a book produced a number 
> of years ago on cassette tape called "The Apocryphal New Testament" by a 
> person whose last name was Montague. As I recall it was in six cassettes. 
> And yes, I questioned why some books were put in and others left out.  The 
> Roman Catholic Church and eastern Orthodox Churches use the so-called 
> apocryphal (actually the term should be "deuterocanonical) books of 
> Ecclesiasticus, Judith, Baruch, I and II Maccabees, Tobit and additions to 
> the books of Esther and Daniel.  As to the apocryphal New Testament, for 
> instance, the Gospel of Peter recounts several instances that, when Jesus 
> was a small boy, if He didn't like anyone for whatever reason, He would 
> kill them on the spot.  It's no wonder why that gospel wasn't included in 
> the canon of Scripture. I've also heard that the Gnostics believed that 
> Jesus didn't die on the cross, but rather swooned. So, in these two cases, 
> I can well understand why some of the writings were not included.  Hope 
> that sheds a little light on the subject. If you still have a cassette 
> player maybe your librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh can find 
> that book I mentioned at the beginning of this post.  Remember, it was 
> entitled "The Apocryphal New Testament" compiled by a person named 
> Montague. Paul
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> From: "Timothy Clark Music" <timothyclarkmusic at me.com>
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> 
> >folks -
> >this is going to get a lot of people hating what i have to say but let me 
> >ask, is it wrong to question the bible? most is going to say yes as it's 
> >the wholly word of the lord and I agree but why are their missing texts 
> >such as the book of thomas, peeter, mary, and more. I have read the 
> >devenchy code by Dan brown. it made me question and then a friend sent me 
> >a video about the missing texts. why is the texts missing and why were 
> >they band from the 66 texts of the bible? because they said things the 
> >roman governor Constantine didn't agree with so they disclosed them. well, 
> >more and more of the old texts are being found and compiled into the 
> >gnostic bible. i know a lot of you believe gnostics are wrong and even 
> >evil. what's wrong with researching the truth? now, in defense of our 
> >bibles of today the gnostics believe a bit differently. they believe that 
> >god is within you waiting to be found.
> >we accept that god is within us and we search to find the lord within us.
> >that's the gnostics point of view. the regular bible teaches we must 
> >accept god and then after that when we die we will be with the lord. now, 
> >here's a thought. we accept god into our hearts according to the bible, so 
> >in that case the lord is in us. so, where's the difference between the 
> >gnostic view verses the orthodox view?
> >anyway, these are thoughts i figured i would share with you. maybe it will 
> >make you think about your faith. it did for me. i would like to be 
> >perfectly clear, this doesn't make me question my faith. i'm doing 
> >research for a greater meaning of life and the lord.
> >Timothy
> >Your friend in the music industry
> >http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
> >
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