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Much of what you wrote here I have noted in my own research, Finding quite a bit of the so called "apocrypha" rather difficult to place into the context of most Bibles, and so it makes sense to me that they were not used in most versions....this does however , lead to my real question hinted at in the title post:
What is it , or Who is it that decides what is the word of God, and what is the word of Man? I ask this because many devout people I have met either cannot, or will not delve into the fundamental issue I see in Biblical scholarship. I could be wrong but, it seems clear that Humankind decides what this entity said in these books, and picks and chooses, manipulates and changes these scriptures depending on the politics of the society that attempts to decipher the texts. So....if we have in effect, rewritten these words to reflect our own understanding of the message, and revised the script as we see fit over thousands of years.....How can anyone possibly accept this as the word of God?
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