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Posts Tagged origins of the bible
Who Really Cares About the Words Written Within the Bible?
Does it really matter, whether the Bible is the written word of God or was just another book written by man? If you think about it, we’ve already got three major religions from the Old Testament. We have Judaism, Christianity and Islam, why do we need to worry about the words written within the Bible.
Who really cares, who wrote the Bible, why it was written, or if it actually is the word of God? If it really does matter, shouldn’t someone, go public with the truth and provide us with some evidence to support their claims, one way or another.
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Emperor Constantine And The Bible – Where Did The Bible Come From?
Where did the Bible come from? You might have heard the convenient answer “from God”, but the practical truth is that a man named Constantine – supreme ruler of the Roman Empire around 307 A.D. – led a group of about 100 scholars, politicians and military leaders to destroy most books about Jesus and keep a small number of 74 books that supported the government and still gave the Christians a solid Bible that could be used to give hope to the masses. In this way Constantine cemented his authority as a “friend of God” and yet was able to burn hundreds, possibly thousands, of books about religion and even Jesus Christ that were a threat to the government of that time. Constantine created a clever and powerful justification for power that has been called “divine right rule”, a claim that has since been used by earth rulers for thousands of years, and which is still used by many leaders on earth today as justification for their actions and authority over the masses.
To be fair, churches today seldom or never mention the true origins of the Bible. It is much better sounding to say “the Bible is from God” and just leave it at that. No need to get the truth involved that a Roman Emperor compiled the 74 books and started the Catholic church (called the Byzantine church in its early beginnings).
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