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Post by kjs on Sept 7, 2017 17:47:16 GMT -6
Bella, please be careful throwing a charge of heresy around toward any of your brothers and sisters. We are all fallen people sharing insights that we feel God has shown us ... We might be right or we might be wrong.
If you feel SK (or anyone else) is wrong ... Show the specific point you disagree with as well as why you disagree with it.
Simiply saying it is heresy without saying what the heresy is is a personal attack and not simply debate.
After reading this entire thread, I see nothing that can even be suggested as heresy - let alone to actually being it.
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Post by Natalie on Sept 7, 2017 18:54:01 GMT -6
I think she was referring to the book of Enoch as heresy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 19:00:00 GMT -6
bella, I'm sorry. I will drop the subject. I encourage you to stick around and give us another chance. I do not represent this board and am only one voice. I intended no offense, but I do understand that these quick, small, writings don't always come off the way we want. So I trust that you are offended and offer my sincere apology. Still love ya and hope you stay.
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Post by watchmanjim on Sept 9, 2017 18:45:21 GMT -6
My own understanding of the 66 books is that these 66 books are the unfailable ones God has given us. Anything else in any other possible source of information MUST be measured against the information given in these 66 books. Anything that doesn't measure up can not be relied upon.
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Post by watchmanjim on Sept 9, 2017 18:52:09 GMT -6
There are several important questions that could be asked and are much harder to answer.
1. Are the 66 books the finality of the written Word of God? Is it possible that there are, or will be, others to add to the list? 2. What is the significance and authority level of the canonizing process that took place in the early centuries of church history? 3. What are the factors involved with determining the cannonicity of any given book? 4. How do we determine the source and reliability of any given book, regardless of whether it was directly inspired by God or not, especially if we doubt that it is?
The last question comes down to an important point about the book of Enoch. If we could determine that it truly was written by Enoch, that would give it a far greater weight than if it were written by anonymous Jewish scholars in the 1-3 centuries before Christ. At this point, few people are willing to try to show any kind of scholarly evidence that this book (or any part of it) was truly written before the time of the Babylonian/Persian exile.
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