03-30-2010, 02:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2010, 02:29 AM by Peregrinus.)
The Bible and the Koran are similar, except the Koran contains many books which were left out of the Bible. The Koran also says Jesus is the Son of God. I think it ironic how two faiths that believe many of the same things war against each other... and have done so for centuries.
If one searches Google, they can find lists of the books that were left out. The Bible was put together in the 4th century by Constantine (Ever hear of Constantinople?), the Turk who had sacked Rome and became Emperor. There were 50 exact copies made when it was all said and done, the "definitive" and authorized version.
There were several reasons for leaving books out:
- some books were considered too new.
- some books were considered repetitious.
- some books were considered too enlightening
- some books were considered to be undesirable. It was deemed that a patriarchal religion would better be able to control people, and as thus all matriarchal books were removed, such as the Gospels of Mary (Magdalene, who was a disciple, not a prostitute), the Story of the Virgin Mary (and her mother's immaculate conception of her at the age of 82), The Infancy of Christ, which told of Jehoshua killing another boy by pushing him off a roof, among other stories, and many more. I don't remember which book it was in, but Jehoshua's mother Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to him, but went on to give birth (not immaculately) to eight brothers and two sisters. Of course, Joseph and Mary were not Christian, but Essene, and as such had all their children out of wedlock, for the Essene did not marry.
It doesn't take me long to have a religious person's head swimming in circles if I ask the right questions, hehe... so much was left out, it really could be considered incomplete. There are other things which the Bible simply does not account for, nor did it reasonably in any of the lost books. Take for example Adam and Eve. They had 12 sons and daughters. Who did these sons and daughters marry? Since the Bible says incest is a sin, where did other people come from? or did they marry each other and propagate? There was a book which tried to reasonably explain this, but did so poorly, and as such was left out.
If one searches Google, they can find lists of the books that were left out. The Bible was put together in the 4th century by Constantine (Ever hear of Constantinople?), the Turk who had sacked Rome and became Emperor. There were 50 exact copies made when it was all said and done, the "definitive" and authorized version.
There were several reasons for leaving books out:
- some books were considered too new.
- some books were considered repetitious.
- some books were considered too enlightening
- some books were considered to be undesirable. It was deemed that a patriarchal religion would better be able to control people, and as thus all matriarchal books were removed, such as the Gospels of Mary (Magdalene, who was a disciple, not a prostitute), the Story of the Virgin Mary (and her mother's immaculate conception of her at the age of 82), The Infancy of Christ, which told of Jehoshua killing another boy by pushing him off a roof, among other stories, and many more. I don't remember which book it was in, but Jehoshua's mother Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to him, but went on to give birth (not immaculately) to eight brothers and two sisters. Of course, Joseph and Mary were not Christian, but Essene, and as such had all their children out of wedlock, for the Essene did not marry.
It doesn't take me long to have a religious person's head swimming in circles if I ask the right questions, hehe... so much was left out, it really could be considered incomplete. There are other things which the Bible simply does not account for, nor did it reasonably in any of the lost books. Take for example Adam and Eve. They had 12 sons and daughters. Who did these sons and daughters marry? Since the Bible says incest is a sin, where did other people come from? or did they marry each other and propagate? There was a book which tried to reasonably explain this, but did so poorly, and as such was left out.