[boatbums]

It was meant to be in fun, it wasn’t intended to hurt. If it did so, I apologize. There is no mask, the true me has never been hidden, and I think you know it.

[MarkBsnr]

I'm not sure how fun comes into it. The facts as borne out by overwhelming evidence show that Scripture has been massaged by the Church into some sort of harmonization. The Gospels have apparently had most of the attention; the Petrine epistles may not have been even written by Peter - certainly the second one wasn't. Peter was an illiterate fisherman. Where did he get the ability to write all of a sudden?

But it all comes down to the idea that the Church wrote, edited and chose all of the NT; and also chose the OT Scripture that fit its purposes. Either you accept the Church or you do not. If you do not, then you cannot accept the Canon. If you do, then you cannot reject anything else it has pronounced.

[kosta50]

It was meant to be in fun, it wasn’t intended to hurt. If it did so, I apologize.

Well, that's very kind of you, but I didn't ask for an apology because I am not hurt, just surprised. As they say, my pay is the same. And, as an aside, when we like to make something "to be fun" we put :) next to it, just to make sure.

There is no mask, the true me has never been hidden, and I think you know it

That was my impression until now, but then your comment came a little out of the left field. You always make your points respectfully, free of personal attacks or ridicule. And you also don't joke very often, so the 'joke' was received as uncharacteristic of you.