Quote (sirthom @ Jun 23 2022 04:47am)
You should check out those books.
There is a reason the church removed them.
i have read or watched a vid on enoch. i found it enlightening as for me it filled in some blanks the bible had. enoch also says (memory) it is not for this generation but for a much later generation. I find that curios that it now makes its circulation.
another little tidbit on enoch (memory) was/is in the ethiopian bible. then the catholic church gained control for a while and removed it from their bible. they broke away and put it back in
ok i will look into the book of thomas.
please watch vid 24minutes. i was not a christian when i viewed this vid. this vid got me to thinking people will give up everything for the word. its something i have always heard about but never thought about it till i viewed this vid.
if by "church" you mean the catholic church. what they do doenst mean a whole lot to me. they spend most their time outside the scripture on weird rituals and have a gross history.
Quote (lodd222 @ Jun 23 2022 08:16am)
correct, tons of others too, no images either. bible actually implies this, if people actually read the bible and got the message i wouldnt be posting here ironically.
context, so no it wasnt. benevolence is internal, your bible would refer to it as inner light etc.
thats from an aetheists perspective, from a christian perspective the belief system or idea is that they are the inspired works of men who had a true spirit so it would be closer to channeling divinity and whats recorded from those experiences than a laymen's jotting down of things.
its a simple understanding of scripture. atheists try to tell ev1 its a made up story. i challenge them by telling them the collection is historical documents. its a way of removing stumbling
blocks.
no body can say they are not ancient historical records with out looking silly or a liar.