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        <![CDATA[ This section focuses on natural phenomena which illustrate spiritual truths.  The exact spiritual truths being illustrated are not stated in detail in the text, as a sort of invitation for readers to personally consider the lessons behind each natural sign.  In this respect, and in others, the passage somewhat resembles Psalm 104. Verse 95 notes that Allah causes seeds to produce. It also echoes part of 3:27.  The description of bringing forth the living from the dead - shown in nature when a... ]]>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>In 367 A.D., Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria issued a decree banning all scriptures not explicitly approved by the central Church authorities.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>I guess this was done so that the rejected books wouldn't be around to conflict with the &quot;approved&quot; version of the bible. <div class='signature'><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><br><br>&quot;If Homosexuals... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Why? What evidence do you have that the question of the canon even came up at Nicea? And, not only why, but /how/? <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Countless objective books dating before and after &quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; was written. <br><br>You on the other hand have to believe that the bible is untouched or it would ruin your beliefs. <br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Raphjd ~<br><br>R:  &quot;I think those 4 were already considered important so there wasn't much debate on them. I do believe that things were edited in those 4 at this time.&quot;<br><br>Why?  What evidence do you have that the question of the canon even came up at Nicea?  And, not only why, but /how/?  I am wondering, for instance, how the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John were edited in 325, since there's a papyrus copy (Papyrus 75) of those two books in existence, produced in the late... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>That is not true. Someone has been lying to you. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>What do you propose as evidence that the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were chosen by committee in 325?</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>I think those 4 were already considered important so there wasn't much debate on them. I do believe that things were edited in those 4 at this... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Raphjd ~<br><br>(We're pretty far away from the Quran now, but...)<br><br>When you were asked the question &quot;Weren't the Gospels you have in the Bible today were chosen by committee?&quot; you answered &quot;YES, at the First Ecumenical {sp?} Council in 325 AD.&quot;<br><br>That is not true.  Someone has been lying to you.  What do you propose as evidence that the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were chosen by committee in 325?<br><br>Yours in Christ,<br><br>Waterrock<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>it looks like the people whom Muhammad regarded as &quot;Christians&quot; taught an exalted form of Mary-exaltation, and treated an image of Jesus and Mary like an idol, and had some other unorthodox beliefs.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>You mean Catholics, right? They are the ones that worship Mary the Mother.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>No. There's... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Weren't the Gospels you have in the Bible today were chosen by committee? <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>YES, at the First Ecumenical {sp?} Council in 325 AD. <br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>It seems that other Christians chose other Gospels.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>The &quot;other christians&quot; were murdered for holding a... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi, Waterrock<br>Thank you for answering my questions. I looked up bishop Irenaeus and the Gospels.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>An insistence upon a canonical four, and no others, was a central theme of Irenaeus of Lyons, c. 185. In his central work, <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Adversus Haereses... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ FireGarden ~<br><br>FG:  &quot;Can I ask who you're using as a source of commentary/interpretation?  Are you talking to Muslims while you read the Quran?&quot;<br><br>I'm accessing various online Islamic commentaries and hadith-collections.<br><br>FG:  &quot;I'm interested in why you think that the Christians in Arabia at the time of Mohammed were &quot;pseudo-Christians&quot;.&quot;<br><br>After the Council of Ephesus (431) the Nestorians went westwards, and it seems reasonable that they... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi, Waterrock<br>Can I ask who you're using as a source of commentary/interpretation? Are you talking to Muslims while you read the Quran?<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> His assumption was reinforced when Muhammad observed how the pseudo-Christians revered Mary, and he concluded that the Arabian pseudo-Christians taught that (a) the Trinity consisted of the Father, the Mother (Mary), and the Son (Jesus), and (b) the Christians believed that Jesus... ]]></description>

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