On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:25:44 +0000, The Doctor wrote:

> In article , Dave Cross 
>  wrote:
>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:52:46 +0000, The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> In article , The
>>> Master  <tardis@nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam> wrote:
>>>>On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, The Doctor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Have you done the search yet Yads?  "Nag Hammid"...  A 1947
>>>>>> discovery of previously forgoten books of the new testament, that
>>>>>> were banned by the church in 325.  Read about it Yads...
>>>>>
>>>>> What about the Dead Sea Scrolls?
>>>>
>>>>Those were OLD TESTAMENT books, as well as daily life rituals, kept by
>>>>a break-a-way sect of Jews.  I'm talking about NEW TESTAMENT books
>>>>that were outlawed...  Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Mary...  Are you
>>>>really this thick?
>>>>
>>> Gospels of Judas and MAry?  Don't make me laugh.
>>
>>Why do they make you laugh?
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mary
>>
>>There are many other similar gospels. Many of them were considered for
>>inclusion in the new testament - but were excluded because they didn't
>>agree with the version of christianity that Paul promoted.
>>
>>I know you're going to dismiss this without even thinking about. Maybe
>>you should try reading a bit of church history some time - and I mean
>>the kind of church history that isn't written by the church.
> 
> Or they have inconsistencies.

The ones that _are_ in the bible also have inconsistencies - so that's 
hardly a great reason for not including them :)

Dave...