Why Don't They Remove Books From The Bible Canon?

[Socrates]

[quote name='DanielNicholas' date='18 January 2010 - 09:54 PM' timestamp='1263869695' post='2039967']
So, from going through the bible. Im sure, as even any atheist could admit. That what Jesus said actually made sense and can be applied to today with some level of relevance.

Even hardcore atheists like Richard Dawkins rave on about how amazing Jesus was.

This is what he wrote, which Im going to write out by hand.

"Well there's no denying that, from a moral point of view, Jesus is a huge improvement over the cruel ogre of the Old Testament. Indeed, Jesus, if he existed (or whomever wrote his script if he didn't) was surely one of the great ethical innovators of history. The sermon on the Mount is way ahead of its time. His 'turn the other cheek' anticipated Ghandi and Martin Luther King by two thousand years. It was not for nothing that I wrote an article called "Atheists for Jesus" (and was later delighted to be presented with a T-shirt bearing the legend)."


I mean, I can't think of one verse Jesus said himself that I would disagree with. However the rest of the bible is just horrendous.

But if you took out ONLY the things that Jesus DIRECTLY said himself, out of his mouth. The bible would be, far better than it is today.

If you had the bible, and then ripped out the entire Old Testament AND the book of Corinthians and Romans,

There would be no problems at all? There wouldn't be the whole "Creationism/Intelligent Design" debate, for one.

There would be no Religion v.s. Science debate.

And, any sane person would take the side of science. Of course,

But didn't they go through the bible (I think at the Council of Nicea) and figure out which books were divinely inspired and which ones were not. And then they were canonised. So it was up to human judgement thousands of years ago wether which books were right and which ones were false.

However, using human judgement and modern science today. Obviously Genesis and Isaiah, Job, those books in particular contradict many things that modern science says, and what we know today. So therefore, they would not be divinely inspired and should be removed from the canon.

Instead of the whole "IT NEVER HAPPENED, it was a METAPHOR" approach, which obviously isn't working in the USA since just under half the population think the entire bible is 100% correct. I think it should just be removed.

Doesn't that make far more sense?

If it's wrong - RIP IT OUT!

Why is nobody doing thins?
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Yes, let's remove everything politically-incorrect from the Bible.
If we make a new Bible that atheist liberal drag queens will perfectly agree with, then all our religious problems will be solved.

[King's Rook's Pawn]

If we're going to edit the Bible like that we may as well rewrite the whole thing. We can add lots of fun stuff about monsters and castles and beautiful princesses with long, blonde hair. I'd like to expand the part about the Noah and give him, you know, more personality and everything. It's okay to just make it up as you go, right?

Edited January 19, 2010 by King's Rook's Pawn

[Winchester]

And machine guns.

[Vincent Vega]

And Trogdor.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='DanielNicholas' date='19 January 2010 - 02:47 AM' timestamp='1263894471' post='2040097'] Its getting so boring.[/quote]
+JMJ+
yup.

it is.

[Sternhauser]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='20 January 2010 - 10:58 PM' timestamp='1264046317' post='2041269']
And Trogdor.
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There was far too little burninating of peasants in the Old Testament.

~Sternhauser

[Winchester]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='20 January 2010 - 10:58 PM' timestamp='1264046317' post='2041269']
And Trogdor.
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THE BURNINATOR!

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='19 January 2010 - 06:51 AM' timestamp='1263905479' post='2040118']
You are laboring under the false notion that the Bible is meant to be used as a science textbook, and in that sense you are as foolish as a Biblical fundamentalist.
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Ouch. Well stated.