QUOTE(zoroaster @ Feb 1 2008, 09:43 PM)

It was not the Roman Catholic Church that decided what went into the Bible.
The New Testament was not translated from Greek into "Italian" first, but into Latin.
I believe everything Jesus Christ said in the New Testament.
And I don't blame the "Italians" for killing Jesus.
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It was not the Roman Catholic Church that decided what went into the Bible.
Who was it then? Someone must have, otherwise there wouldn't be spare Gospels.
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The New Testament was not translated from Greek into "Italian" first, but into Latin.
I didn't suggest that it was translated into Italian first. Just that the Italians could understand the Greek & could have translated it themselves.
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I believe everything Jesus Christ said in the New Testament.
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Jesus Christ wrote no account of himself, of his birth, parentage, or
anything else. Not a line of what is called the New Testament is of
his writing. The history of him is altogether the work of other
people.
(Thomas Paine).... In other words, hearsay.
I take this to mean that you don't necessarily believe everything in the Bible, or even everything in the New Testament. Is this correct?
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And I don't blame the "Italians" for killing Jesus.
Why not? The Jews still get blamed for their part in it.
I can't fault the teachings or morality of Jesus. If everyone lived their lives using his main teachings as an overall blueprint, then the world would be a far better place. It's people who have messed it up & the worst culprit, in my opinion, is religion. I believe religion & the churches of the world are a corrupting influence on man.