From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!arlan Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Re: There is no War on net.religion Article-I.D.: inuxd.260 Posted: Fri Feb 18 12:58:13 1983 Received: Sun Feb 20 02:06:04 1983 References: floyd.1181 While we are civilly considering why Jews do not accept the (so-called) New Testament, why don't we also consider why (so-called) Christians don't accept the later Revelations--The Book Of Mormon, for example? Surely, everyone is always interested in the latest update on the Holy Word? Or don't you all have a loose-leaf Bible? (In the small amount of reading I have done about the origin of the New Testament--The Council Of Nicea, etc.--I have come to the conclusion that no one today knows which, if any, of those stories should have been accepted into the Bible. Are there not books that Catholics accept that Protestants don't? Were not political affiliations the reasons why certain books (and certain contemporary believers) were thrown out or worse? Did not the Emperor and his consort help decide what was holy? Answer me these questions, showing that God maintained a strict control over His Word, and I'll start to believe your New Testament. If you can't answer them, you fundamentalists, then never again wave your 20th-century translations of 4th-century political interpretations of 1st-century philosophy at me, claiming that they are infallible and perfect. --arlan andrews/american bell/indy