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Author Topic:   Thou Shalts and Thou Shalnts
Funkaloyd
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Message 75 of 204 (252351)
10-17-2005 8:33 AM
Reply to: Message 74 by iano
10-17-2005 5:40 AM


Re: Blessing, not Condemnation
iano writes:
The only way that Jesus words can be considered accurate is that God inspired the writers to ensure this would happen.
I don't think that this is the case (it depends how accurate "accurate" is), but even if we assume that God insured that Jesus was quoted accurately, there's still no reason to assume that God "inspired" all of the Gospels (especially as there are differences between them). Nor do we need to assume that he inspired all of the authors whose works are included in the New Testament (e.g. Paul), or the members of the various synods that determined what was to be included in the Bible.
Think of it this way: if tomorrow thousands of Christian leaders the world over decided to include the Book of Mormon in the Bible, would you automatically believe that Joseph Smith was inspired by God?

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