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damhna · 10-23-2003, 12:01 AM

So how does a Scripture for any religion become valid ?

Christianity arose within Judaism.

The earliest Christians, were Jews, so their hopes and expectations of a Messiah foretold in Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament) were fulfilled by Jesus Christ.

The Old Testament is the Torah (granted there are differences, but the two are so similar that a common origin is indisputable).

So is the Torah also to be considered not the word of God ?

You should know that what people call scripture is not somethign that anybody just made up. The Guys involved were deemed to have been "inspired by God" to document his teaching. The four gospels were the peers of Jesus and detailed the activities that they witnessed. Hardly the same as any muppet coming up with a rollicking good yarn and having millions of people declare it the word of God.

This is true of most religions. Is the Koran invalid because Muhummad (just a guy ) declares it to be the word of Allah ?

What is a prophet ?

The early Christians already understood what 'scripture' was, and how to use it in the context of teaching and worship from their Jewish roots. Consequently, the formation of 'scripture' to be used for teaching and worship of the Christian faith was a logical requirement. The review of Christian writings to determine what was 'scripture'; that is valid, authoritative and holy led to the development of the New Testament and can be seen in three major stages: 1) the rise of Christian literature to the status of scripture, 2) the conscious grouping of various writings into collections, and 3) the revision and approval of these collections as a 'New Testament' - this being called a 'canon'. Canon comes from the Greek word 'kanon' meaning measuring rule.

Only certain books passed the measuring rules required for 'canonization'.

Now you may know better , please enlighten me as to how every major religion has gotten it wrong , how every authority has been duped and what you believe scripture should be.

10-23-2003, 12:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
damhna Tilted	So how does a Scripture for any religion become valid ? Christianity arose within Judaism. The earliest Christians, were Jews, so their hopes and expectations of a Messiah foretold in Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament) were fulfilled by Jesus Christ. The Old Testament is the Torah (granted there are differences, but the two are so similar that a common origin is indisputable). So is the Torah also to be considered not the word of God ? You should know that what people call scripture is not somethign that anybody just made up. The Guys involved were deemed to have been "inspired by God" to document his teaching. The four gospels were the peers of Jesus and detailed the activities that they witnessed. Hardly the same as any muppet coming up with a rollicking good yarn and having millions of people declare it the word of God. This is true of most religions. Is the Koran invalid because Muhummad (just a guy ) declares it to be the word of Allah ? What is a prophet ? The early Christians already understood what 'scripture' was, and how to use it in the context of teaching and worship from their Jewish roots. Consequently, the formation of 'scripture' to be used for teaching and worship of the Christian faith was a logical requirement. The review of Christian writings to determine what was 'scripture'; that is valid, authoritative and holy led to the development of the New Testament and can be seen in three major stages: 1) the rise of Christian literature to the status of scripture, 2) the conscious grouping of various writings into collections, and 3) the revision and approval of these collections as a 'New Testament' - this being called a 'canon'. Canon comes from the Greek word 'kanon' meaning measuring rule. Only certain books passed the measuring rules required for 'canonization'. Now you may know better , please enlighten me as to how every major religion has gotten it wrong , how every authority has been duped and what you believe scripture should be.