are there any illegitimate books in the bible? should "lost" books be added to it?

are there any illegitimate books in the bible? should "lost" books be added to it?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I am very skeptical of the book of revelation, especially since its authorship is entirely unknown

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      what is it about

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Imagine if Jesus did meth

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >bro it's like X on CRACK!!!
          that means nothing

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Lean

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's an apocalyptic prophecy. It's very abstract/fantastical so it's usually interpreted as being metaphorical. It is where the term 'anti christ' comes from

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          The term appears earlier before revelations to any person who disagrees with his teachings. Some people like to interpret that the beast of revelations is like one particular extra anti-christ, and have made many strange logical comparisons that I do not understand.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah, you're right, I meant to say the 'concept of' the anti christ, in the way that people often use it (a singular person of great evil and influence)

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            From what I've heard the whole antichrist thing may refer to Emperor Nero. Nero was the emperor who persecuted Christians the most, and some people have found a way to translate both 616 and 666 to Caesar Nero.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Basically a tale of the apocalypse, but if the storyteller was on shrooms.

  2. 1 year ago
    Takeshi Kovacs

    >are there any illegitimate books in the bible?
    No.
    "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" — 2 Timothy 3:16

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      so does that include lost and rejected books

      • 1 year ago
        Takeshi Kovacs

        Yes, and I think that the gnostic Gospels are of special importance. They probably got removed because they were too "direct" in its teachings. They were discovered for a reason.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Books were not rejected on a historical basis but rather scriptural. Still true just not doctrine.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          so what makes it true but not doctrine? i don't understand how it could be accepted and rejected

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            get a pentecostal in the room with say a baptist and watch them argue about the gifts of the holy spirit and whether or not eachothers practice is satanic in nature.

            the pentecost is true, according to the bible, but interpretation of the events gets sectarians at eachothers throats sometimes.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            this "gifts of the holy spirit" being something that is not canon but still true, right?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            the tongues of fire in acts 2 are very much canon. what that part of scripture means to believers is what will be argued.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            also 1st corinthians details gifts of the holy spirit. very much canon. doctrinal beliefs about what it means is where you're going to get arguments between various sects.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There are plenty of apocryphal books, there is one for example in which Jesus makes clay birds and gives them life. Cool stuff.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    pretending "the bible" is one book has been a huge mistake.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      im not familiar with the bible so can you explain what you mean by that

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        not him, but the bible is a collection of writings from multiple authors that some israelite decided to string into one book

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          oh, i know that. that's why i made the OP. i assumed the other poster was referring to something else. idk whats true and whats not so i'd like to get some opinions

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        its a bunch of writings collected over time by more than one spiritual group, each of which has multiple sects, not all of which got along at all. the old testament is hebrew, sure, but it's not the entirety of hebrew collected writings either. the new testament along with it was collected into this "book" called the bible and lots of stuff was deemed not worthy by a particular sect in power, which shaped the entire narrative. the testament of the life of jesus has way more detail than is in the officially published new testament. look to the apocrypha, look to the stuff found in nag hammadi. for best results, start getting acquainted with hebrew, greek and latin. start looking into translations of particular words in different books to learn how much nuance is casually glossed over by basic-b***h religious "study"

        the books of Enoch offer an interesting glimps into details on fallen angels interacting with humanity, how a holy man of god became Metatron with lots of details on heavenly realms where the angels do their business.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The book of Jasher is mentioned in the old testament I think.

    Joshua 10:13

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    the whole thing

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