[Faith-talk] is it wrong to question?

[Doris and Chris]

Which books of the Bible are considered canonical depends on the 
denominational affiliation of those being asked.  whether the Old 
Testment is made up of the traditional 39 books of the traditional 
Protestant Canon depends on which version of the Jewish Scriptures 
are being used: the Hebrew version of the scriptures (i.e. in the 
Hebrew language) contains the same number of books as the Protestant 
Old Testament Canon; if the Septuagin, the Greek translation of the 
Jewish Scriptures was used, the Old testament also contains the 
deuterocanonical books, which Protestants refer to as the Apocrypha.

The Roman Catholic Church as well as several Orthodox Churches have 
the deuterocanonical books as part of their Old Testament Canon, 
adding up to 73 books of the Bible or even a few more with some traditions.

Mr. Timothy, the Hadley School for the Blind has several courses on 
the Bible that will give you a much more solid background then the 
assorted lot of us on list here may be able to provide.

May God bless you in your studies and may he open your heart and mind 
to follow his call. God wants everyone to be saved but is not a 
Master Puppeteer who pulls strings and forces his will on any of us.

Take care and God Bless

Doris





At 10:29 AM 11/14/2012 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Timothy,
>
>It is not wrong to question the Bible, as long as you do it with a 
>heart and attitude that is right before God. Scripture will answer 
>Scripture, and most questions can be answered by the Bible. There 
>are, however, some things that we won't know until we are with our 
>Lord in heaven.
>
>I'm a little vague as to how the 66 books were decided upon as the 
>complete Christian Bible, but what is there is believed to be 
>inspired by God. Those books left are not believed to be inspired by 
>God, and therefore have not been included. They are considered to be 
>historical, not God-inspired.
>
>As to the belief that God is in all of us, and just needs to be 
>found, that is wrong thinking. God has created us, but God finds and 
>chooses us, not the other way around. That puts the responsibility 
>initially on God where it belongs. Our responsibility is to answer 
>His call to us to be His chosen elect.
>
>John answered well, as did Shiela and Paul. The more you read and 
>study the Bible, the more you'll learn. Be careful what books you 
>read and believe. Anything that adds to the Bible or goes against 
>it, is not to be believed. Read Bible commentaries by Godly men to 
>help you understand it, not novels or the Book of Mormon, or any 
>other book that says it's more that you need to know about Christ or 
>God. The Bible tells us that we are not to add to, or take away from 
>it, and that's the only rule to obey where that is concerned. The 
>Bible stands alone, and it's all Christians need as the final Word.
>
>Blessings,
>
>Linda
>
>At 01:03 AM 11/14/2012, you wrote:
>>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
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>>  http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>>
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