[Faith-talk] is it wrong to question?

[Timothy Clark Music]

ok, if everything comes from scripture then reading other texts then in theiry will  lead me back to the bible. 
 
Timothy 
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On Nov 14, 2012, at 7:24 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:

> 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
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Timothy Clark Music" <timothyclarkmusic at me.com>
>> To: "for the discussion of faith and religion Faith-talk" 
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>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:03 AM
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] is it wrong to question?
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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