" Why is it do hard for you to admit you were wrong to pop- off on Tobit the way you did?"So having utterly failed to establish Tobit as Scripture with your fallacious illogic being exposed you now resort to a psychological tactic, which is once more begging the question. Rather than my "pop- off on Tobit" as being a fable and not Scripture being wrong then it had only been shown to be justified.
"Some cut and paste into- can't remember now from where... but some ingo to educate you beyond your bias and your surrendering to biblical objectivity."
Rather than biblical objectivity you post a tome of unattributed (but from https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/apologetics/5-myths-about-7-books.html) biased poorly substantiated polemical propaganda which is a poor substitute for interacting with what refutes false claims and arguments in it, and thus it hardly warrants spending time doing so again. And rather than me just posting my tome again on this basically dead thread - much of which has already been posted to you and more but you simply post the same propaganda again - instead I will simply provide the link to it again and which contrary evidence you and your secret source can deal with.
So having utterly failed to establish Tobit as Scripture There you go again... Master of deflection...
Your misunderstanding was NOT about whether it was "deemed" scripture by whomever.. your point that I refuted was that it was not "believed" back in the day- and that the author clearly notes it is Fiction...like a parable..
You said no one believed Tobit... and I simply reminded you of the prominence of that writing in the Essene community...
Scripture? Who gets to decide? Show me in the Bible where that list of Contents is...
Even Jerome was found to be wrong on Tobit by the DSS... and the Councils of the Church in the 4th and 5th century deemed Tobit as Scripture...
Who gets to decide? You ? Martin Luther...
Look it up- EVEN - yep - Martin Luther
“freely quoted” from Sirach and Tobit against his Catholic opponents in 1518, and did so in a way that proves he considered both of these books canonical...(Gary Michuta)
Who gets to decide? Post - Resurrection Rabbinical Judaism? Really? They reject the scriptural basis for their Chanuka- and that seems like a normal process to you?
Who gets to decide what is Scripture?
Polycarp quotes Tobit 4:10 (To the Philippians2).
The Shepherd of Hermas may quote from Tobit’s teaching about
laying up alms for the future—though he could also be quoting from the gospel of Luke (Similitude 1).
Clement of Alexandria quotes Tobit 4:16 as “the scripture”
(Stromata 2.23.139; see also the references at 1.21.123 and 6.12.102).
Another secret website to evidence:
EvidenceUnseen.com