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There must be something wrong with either your reading comprehension or you're just letting your rage over my disagreement with you blind you to all the reasons I have already given for WHY I disagree with you. How is it I am deciding what is in "Scripture" when there is NO evidence at all that these books were EVER seen as Divinely-inspired Scripture??? And why are you just ignoring that your religion trashed eight of "those" books by not including them in their canon? Once again - and I realize this has yet to hit the comprehension part of your brain - the Septuagint is NOT and never has been the "Bible". Here's are a few links you can go to and be educated about what that is all about since you must think I'm lying about it. Septuagint; The Septuagint.

Where did Jesus Christ, the Apostles, or anything in Scripture say that baoatbums and her pals should decide what's in Scripture because they are perfect while the Holy Spirit is imperfect? The only question is nothing you bothered to mention because it's what you're avoiding like the plague. That question being whether or not the Holy Spirit is a perfect member of the perfect Holy Trinity. You insist the Holy Spirit is imperfect but that you are perfect.

How can I be "avoiding the question like a plague" when I have been answering all along? Yes, the Holy Spirit is a perfect member of the perfect Holy Trinity. Yes, the Holy Spirit is perfect and I am far from perfect (you aren't, either). That is EXACTLY why I know that those extra Apocryphal books are NOT Divinely-inspired Scripture - because God is not the author of confusion and His word is perfect, it will never pass away, it is a sure word of prophecy and totally trustworthy in all that it states.

So, how is it you are defending a Greek translation of the original Hebrew Holy Spirit-inspired Scriptures and calling IT Holy Scripture? Do you not realize that you are blaming the Holy Spirit for the mistakes and errors in those extra books??? That would be like taking the Good News Bible and declaring IT is from God even with all the known mistakes in translation that were made in it. Not every translation is perfect and error free. Does that mean God's word contains mistakes and errors? GASP! Do you realize the implications of that?

And explain to me since you are avoiding this question like the plague, why is the Catholic church approved Bible missing eight books that were in the Septuagint? They threw them in the garbage but you give them a pass. Why is that?

Lastly, and this IS the last time I am going to repeat this, the Apocryphal books have NEVER been "universally recognized as being the inspired Word of God". Even when the Council of Trent finally got around to making the seven out of fifteen officially part of the canon, it was NOT unanimous. It never was and hasn't been yet. Even Jerome, when he translated the OT into Latin, used the Hebrew texts and NOT the Septuagint. When he was ordered to include those extra Greek books, he placed them in a separate section from the truly universally recognized Divinely-inspired word of God. They may have been edifying to be read by the church but they were NOT to be used for establishing doctrine.

So, NO, God did not allow books that were not Holy Spirit inspired to be included along with the writings that are universally recognized as being the inspired Word of God. Just because your religion did so dogmatically in the sixteenth century (mainly to dispute the Reformation) doesn't mean they belonged there. God HAS always let us know that. That you cannot or will not see it only shows your unwillingness to acknowledge your religion's leaders made mistakes. Don't try to pawn off that guilt trip on me.