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Old Books |
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By: Runner Date: November 1, 2014, 2:30 pm |
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I downloaded on my iPad a book of all the forbidden books of the |
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original new testamant. ( they have so many free books on |
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there!!) |
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The first one is Mary. It doesn't read at all like "bible |
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reading" to me...very clipped. |
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Have you read any of them? Knowing you, probably all of them |
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haha! |
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I was reading along about Mary's parents and how she was |
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prophesied to be born 'the virgin' etc etc...then it said " |
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..there was a voice from the ark and mercy seat "etc etc |
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This surprised me...I was sure that the ark of the covenant was |
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not around by the time Jesus came on the scene!! To my mind it |
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vanished in 2 Chronicles 35 and was never spoken of again. Not |
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sure if it went into Babylon captivity or what. |
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SOoo right there I feel like chucking out the " book of Mary" on |
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those grounds. I can see why it was not included in the bible!! |
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What do you think of these Books? |
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Re: Old Books |
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By: James Date: November 1, 2014, 4:18 pm |
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All news to me I had never heard of them. |
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Re: Old Books |
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By: Kerry Date: November 1, 2014, 9:38 pm |
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Helen, |
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I read most of them. Like you, I could see why most of them |
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were not included in the Bible. |
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You are talking about "The Gospel of the Birth of Mary |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/lbob/lbob05.htm"? |
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The idea of Mary living in the Temple as a virgin is still |
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around, by the way. It's complete nonsense. There was never an |
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order of virgins like that. Someone unfamiliar with Jews but |
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familiar with how nuns lived wrote that. This book was not |
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accepted as part of the canon; but it still seems to influence |
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what people think. I've had Catholics try to convince me that |
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the Bible itself teaches such an order of women existed. They |
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quoted this: |
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1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons |
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did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that |
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assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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Surely they were there. The priests were supposed to go out to |
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serve them. They were outside. Eli's sons corrupted this. |
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When the Temple was built, the women did not wander about the |
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whole Temple. They stayed in the Court of Women. |
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Those books are interesting to read however since they show how |
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varied people's beliefs were and how casual they were about |
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writing things and pretending they were real. |
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Re: Old Books |
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By: Brad Date: November 1, 2014, 10:32 pm |
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The books that are not included as cannon are many, I have only |
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read about a dozen or so. Some seem of God and some seem trash |
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that were written to gather followers to the writers specific |
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faith. I hadnt read the one you spoke of, but it sounds like |
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it was written by a overly devout Mary worshiper. I also read |
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some of the gospel of thomas and it didnt sound right in my |
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spirit. |
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Re: Old Books |
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By: Runner Date: November 1, 2014, 10:44 pm |
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I "plodded-on" with a few more of the books tonight..I don't |
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find them very inspiring even though I am trying to read them |
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with an open mind. I will keep going and see if I can find any |
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'gems'...but I am not holding my breath...tonight I wondered why |
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I was doing it, I would probably find some novel more |
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entertaining!! LOL |
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Even the apocrypha was much more intersting and better than |
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these. :) |
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