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Thread #155384   Message #3659088
Posted By: Lighter
10-Sep-14 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Subject: RE: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Well said, Geek.

Except for the part about the Christian bible being a single book. It is a collection of books by a number of authors. And I believe you mean the "Judaeo-Christian" bible, since the New Testament is an organic outgrowth of the old. It couldn't have come into existence without it.

(There is some disagreement about the relevance of a few established books deleted by the Council of Nicaea - after a couple of centuries of equal status. But they still appear in most bibles as the Apocrypha.)

And then there's the Book of Mormon, a very popular outgrowth of the New Testament. Whether Mormons are "really" Christians is another focus of debate - by those who love labels above all. (I have also heard the "Christianity" of Catholics impugned.)