by Qcmbr 26 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
I'd go with adding all the apocryphal and pseudopigraphyl writings. Maybe the Early Church Fathers, too, to round out the picture some.
I'm at a loss as to why anyone would want to drop Canticles. If you can't see it's spirituality then maybe you're missing something...
2 Peter is also strongly apocalyptic (especially in ch. 3), and it dates to the second century AD (it is probably the latest book in the NT).
In response to Leolaia's comment, part of which is highlighted above: I was referring to conventional Christian teaching - and I must emphasize conventional, which places the writing of 2 Peter at about 67 AD. I'm sure that you (Leolaia) could post, or already have posted elsewhere, much info on a contradictory view, which would obviously include the view that 2 Peter was not written by Peter.....either that, or the guy lived pretty long.
Matthew is generally viewed, again conventionally, as being written around 60-65 AD.
However, I must be careful not to get off the beaten path. The thrust of this thread being which book(s) we might add/subtract from the generally (and again, conventionally) accepted Bible cannon, maybe we can just chuck 2 Peter and Matthew - there'd still be lots of interesting stuff left over.
One thing about if yer gonna add new books....
You couldn't add so many that "Yer New Version" would too big, fat, thick, & heavy.
Perhaps "size & weight" should be a primary consideration in this new process of canonization?
You know, "carry-able-ness"....
LoL,
rick
\o/
:Lord of the Rings....all three books...they make more sense
lol! amen
i would replace genesis with The Origin of Species.
Rick:
Why would you want to carry it?
Other than sitting on a pulpit lecturn, or gathering dust on a shelf, where else are you likely to see it?
Maybe it should carry a warning as to the weight tolerance required for the shelf, though
How about adding the complete works of Isaac Asimov and add "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" and "10 Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives" by Dr. Laura Schlesinger? lol
(hey, I had to put something practical back into the book)
LMAO
Put the simpsons and king of the hill in the bible ha ha ha.
I like to watch them mainly because it pisses my wife off.
How about Wiley the Cayote and X files??
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