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Date Posted: 06:19:47 04/16/02 Tue
Author: Neuminas
Subject: and a little more...
In reply to: Neuminas 's message, "Re: I think thats what you want it to say Noomy," on 04:05:54 04/16/02 Tue

I rushed through that last post, so let me spell some stuff out a little better:
#1) If the bible, as it currently exists, is directly and infallibly the word of God, we have to accept the idea that it is an improvement over the past attempts; the books currently included are the ones which are most benificial to mankind. The "gnostic" texts which have been included in the past are at best unnecessary, at worst harmful.
I have no problem with the above possibility. But it has to be recognized, then, that we've only been operating with the correct instructional manual for a couple hundred years, not a couple thousand years. Would a loving god share his nature with such a tiny fraction of his children? These observations don't create this as a new problem, rather, they shrink down the minority in possession of the "truth."
#2) I accept that my information begins from sources with socio/policitcal/religious agendas. But so does yours. And this is good reason for considering this information as part of the total picture, not the whole thing.

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I accept the whole bible Noomy, -- PAUL., 19:32:00 04/17/02 Wed

Re: I accept the whole bible Noomy, -- Neuminas, 06:39:12 04/18/02 Thu

The bibles easy to understand Noomy, -- PAUL., 19:04:41 04/19/02 Fri
- Are you and I reading the same bible? -- Neuminas, 04:23:49 04/20/02 Sat
  - Thats a lot to go at Noomy, -- PAUL., 22:04:02 04/20/02 Sat
    - If your still waiting Noomy, -- PAUL., 20:29:36 04/24/02 Wed
      - Cool. Thanks for getting back to me. (NT) (NT) -- Noomie, 04:18:27 04/25/02 Thu