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To: Californiajones
However, in the Book of Revelation, John said that "anyone adds to the words in this book -- let him be accursed"

The Book of Revelation, while it appears as the last book in The New Testament there was no New Testament in place when John wronte the Book of Revelations. The canon was not established until the late 300's. In 397 AD, at the Council of Carthage, the books of Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2nd and 3rd John and Jude were added to the canon for the first time. In addition, the Shepehered of Hermas, the Leter of Barnabas, the Gospel of the Hebrews, the Reveation of Peter, the Acts of Peter, the Didache, the Teaching of Twelve, and the Apostles were all removed from the Canon. To interpret that verse to mean that one can't add to the Bible would mean that one would have to throw out the books all of the books added in 397. In fact, at the time that John wrote the Book of Revelations, the only books that were part of the Canon were Luke, Romans, 1st and 2nd Corintians, Galations, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, and Philemon. So, if you stick to your interpretation of that scripture in Revelations, then you would have to throw out Matthew, Mark, John, Acts, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Hebres, James, 1st and 2nd Peter, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, and Jude. You would have to toss out well over half of the books in the New Testament. I don't think that you want to go there.

Even Moses in the Song of Moses from Deuteronomy warns direly that anyone who adds to the Word of God is in huge trouble.

Wow! So, now we'll have to throw out almost all of the books in the Old and New Testaments since they came after Deuteronomy.

Please, you really need to stop. You've callously taken the opportunity of a thread about the tragic shooting of a servant of God to attack the faith of the murdered young man and that of his family. I think that if you examine such behavior you will not find it to be consistant with what is commonly believed to be Christian behavior. I hope that you can refrain from such further behavior and go find other more interesting threads in which to post your opinions.

208 posted on 01/03/2006 2:40:16 PM PST by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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To: Spiff
Peter gives all of Paul's letter's status as the Word. Jesus promised His disciples in John 1 that people would be saved because of the words they they wrote when the Holy Spirit reminded them of all He had said.

John's admonition against adding to the book of Revelation can be applied broadly, and certainly 19 centuries later to an ex Mason in upstate New York who claimed to see the what even Moses was not allowed to see on the mountain -- the face of God. Why because no one can see God and live without the propitiation of sin. This is why Isaiah was offered a coal to purge him of sin when he was taken to the throneroom.

And, as to what books of the Old testament should be in the Bible, I'll take the ones Jesus Himself refers to. How about that for a standard?

There is nothing callous about calling a spade a spade concerning the cult of Mormonism -- unless we all are intimates of these boys in the news today.

What is callous are the ungentlemanly personal attacks upon me in an open forum. My prayer is that Mormons, or anyone of us who gets deceived into putting anything before God in our hearts -- for our God is a jealous god -- would have the veils stripped off their minds and hearts. Sorry if we can't have healthy debate without name calling and finger pointing on FR!
213 posted on 01/03/2006 2:57:01 PM PST by Californiajones ("The apprehension of beauty is the cure for apathy" - Thomas Aquinas)
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