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Bridget Burke

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Fri Dec-30-05 09:15 AM
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19. Only some Christians think every word in the Bible is literally true.

Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 09:17 AM by Bridget Burke

Many believe it was "inspired" by God, but written down by fallible humans. Some parts are definitely symbolic. "Bible Study" can, indeed, involve learning some of the original languages--for the truly dedicated.

How could there be one "correct" Bible--unless you believe it was directly written by God? It's an anthology, with the Catholic Old Testament including some books the Protestants regard as apocryphal.

If you're seriously interested in writings that may have been "left out" of the Bible, here's a good place to begin your research. www.webcom.com/~gnosis/library.html

(Not all Gnostic were Christian.)

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