Oh, propaganda. Especially in the NT. Whatever fit the patriarchal attitudes at the time...this is also why certain translations say different things from others. It's alllllllll propaganda from another time.
Not necessarily falsely inform anyone...but tell them only what's necessary to get them to believe you're the authority and it should stay that way....
...which I think answers both your questions ^.~ But patriarchy plays a large part of it. I mean, why else would Mary Magdalene's gospel be stuffed in a pot in the Middle East, not to be found for 2000 years while she was defamed as a whore?
It is good to know that God is pro-sex...and not just for Babies.
I think solomon showed that concept well. God made us with physical characteristics that are purely pleasure based. God doesnt make accidents. And he doesnt make body parts that are evil.
Now if we could only get the church on board with the bible:) ha ha ha
I haven't read these books like "Jasher" and such.. I have read some of the apocrypha and.. well.. have decided the one's I have read didn't really go well with the Bible
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Are you familiar with the canonical process? Are you familiar with the variety of books included in early canons that we dont have any more? And that some of the books we do have...were not in some of the early canons.
I would agree that the apocrypha generally is not canon material. However books like Jasher, Shepard of Hermas, Acts of the Apostles, etc...probably are canon material. Wheras books like Esther, Jude, etc...are in the canon but dont necessarily fit in with the whole of the canon.
The issue is not even really a spiritual one. If your following God in your life and have a relationship with the holy spirit then God will lead you to the material you need and the bible is the best of those.
But from a intellectual point of view...its quite confusing why they chose some and not others...and chose some that are quite different.
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What do you think the agenda was of the canon?
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...which I think answers both your questions ^.~ But patriarchy plays a large part of it. I mean, why else would Mary Magdalene's gospel be stuffed in a pot in the Middle East, not to be found for 2000 years while she was defamed as a whore?
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I think solomon showed that concept well. God made us with physical characteristics that are purely pleasure based. God doesnt make accidents. And he doesnt make body parts that are evil.
Now if we could only get the church on board with the bible:) ha ha ha
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oh, my goodness, yes.
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I would agree that the apocrypha generally is not canon material. However books like Jasher, Shepard of Hermas, Acts of the Apostles, etc...probably are canon material. Wheras books like Esther, Jude, etc...are in the canon but dont necessarily fit in with the whole of the canon.
The issue is not even really a spiritual one. If your following God in your life and have a relationship with the holy spirit then God will lead you to the material you need and the bible is the best of those.
But from a intellectual point of view...its quite confusing why they chose some and not others...and chose some that are quite different.
Thoughts?
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