@kellyjay saidIs that why the Gospel of Thomas was excluded from the Bible?
Hebrews 4:15, ESV: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."
English Standard Version
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
He went through life without sin, then became sin so we could be free of it.
Jesus did quite a bit of sinning as a kid.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhich would mean it doesn't line up with the rest of the text within scripture. If everything that was written was accepted and none of it matched or lined up with the rest, it would indeed be nothing but man's work, and nothing else was involved.
Is that why the Gospel of Thomas was excluded from the Bible?
Jesus did quite a bit of sinning as a kid.
15 Jan 22
@kellyjay saidHumans decided which books to include and which books to leave out.
Which would mean it doesn't line up with the rest of the text within scripture. If everything that was written was accepted and none of it matched or lined up with the rest, it would indeed be nothing but man's work, and nothing else was involved.
Humans.
15 Jan 22
@ghost-of-a-duke saidHumans inspired, guided by and controlled by God’s Holy Spirit.
Humans decided which books to include and which books to leave out.
Humans.
15 Jan 22
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThey confirmed what was already accepted as scripture, that could be confirmed, whose sources were accepted. Of course, humans decided, what would have made more sense if zebras did it?
Humans decided which books to include and which books to leave out.
Humans.
15 Jan 22
@kellyjay saidPope Benedict XVI spoke from the Gospel of Thomas in his 2012 Easter vigil Mass.
No
In his book, The Gospel of Thomas: A Catholic Perspective, M. C. Ingraham gives evidence of all the sayings of Jesus, contained within the Gospel of Thomas to be explainable within Catholic theology. The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of 114 sayings of Jesus recorded by the apostle Thomas. It is the fifth gospel of Jesus. Half of the sayings of the Gospel are identical or similar in words and meaning to the canonical gospels.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYou should if you are interested in the topic, and I'll look up the book and read it if you do.
No.
@kellyjay saidDo what you like Kelly. I gave you a sample.
You should if you are interested in the topic, and I'll look up the book and read it if you do.
15 Jan 22
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI’ll answer by asking you a question:
Yes, humans always claim that to justify their decisions.
Can you provide evidence that was the case?
If the Holy Bible was not written by men under the influence, guidance and control of God’s Holy Spirit, how do you explain the accuracy of prophecies and scientific facts in the Bible that were centuries and thousands of years ahead of man realizing them?