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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (10308)	2/8/2002 6:36:08 PM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

>>...but the content of the messages, are the clearest indication that they are not from God, because God does not change His message.<< ROFL What is the New Testament supposed to be? Deut 4:2 says: Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Of course, this was well before any of the New Testament books ever existed. Are Jews who follow the New Testament disobeying God?

To: Greg or e who wrote (10308)	2/8/2002 6:56:40 PM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

>>the God breathed Scripture of the old and new testament, is the final arbiter of truth. Not Popes, not tradition, not experience, or mystical revelation.<< You are aware that the Church existed well before "the Bible" did? You are also aware that one of criteria that the Church used when selecting the books to go into "the Bible" was that they conform to tradition and don't contradict the orthodox doctrine as practiced by the Church? You are aware that Jesus never told anybody to write down his teachings? You are aware that Jesus never indicated that any new canon should be created? You are also aware that prior to the canonization of the New Testament in the 4th century, that many other books were considered to be "scripture" that did not make it into the canon? You are aware that many of the books currently in the New Testament were NOT considered scripture by the early church fathers? Is there some reason why you trust the Church leaders in the 4th century to pick the books of your bible but not the Church leaders of earlier times closer to Jesus and his teachings? Is it possible that maybe you are letting the tail wag the dog here?