[boatbums]

If St. Paul meant to say something like "Scripture in Hebrew" or "Scripture the Jews use in synagogues", or something similar to what you want to put in his mouth, he would have said that; he was not tongue-tied. He instead said "all scripture" -- not this and that scripture, and he said "known" not "approved by the Jews". Read the Scripture and respect it. Please. All of it.

Yes, please read the Scripture and respect it - ALL of it - because we KNOW that ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God. If some are unable to recognize the serious and supernatural basis of such writings, so that they foolishly imagine whatever "their" religious leaders decide is "Scripture" centuries after the fact must be so, it is THEIR error to work out, not those who truly respect God's word.

There IS no argument you have that can convince me your religion's decision to include humanly devised fables, myths, vain imaginings and fallible recollections into what ALL genuine Christendom acknowledges is Divinely inspired and SACRED Scripture. I respect God too much to blithely consider His revelation could be polluted this way. However, if you feel you have no other choice but to defend what is indefensible because your "church" deemed it so, you have my sympathy. What you will NEVER have is my agreement.

[annalex]

There IS no argument you have that can convince me

I don't really care what you personally think about the Holy Scripture. I ask the reader to read the scripture and think of what he reads, rather than listen to various anti-Catholic charlatans from Luther on.