Yeah, there were originally a crapload of books, more than 80 I think... When the Romans compiled the version of the Bible we use today they took most of them out.
True, the works in the bible really are there as they support the official Christian doctrine regarding the Christine faith, where as other works, such as the Gnostic gospels are very much different from the "official" version.
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Yeah they picked through all the various books and decided what they wanted to give to the people as the holy word of god (censorship at its best) in order to make them subservient to their way of thinking.
Edit: Side note, you may want to look at the info about Royal Library of Alexandria. http://www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
(It was said that a Great wealth of world knowledge was lost during The Alexandrine War.
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best instance of this is the Red or Dead Sea Scrolls, im embarassed to admit that im not sure which one it is, but they said things that went against what the church teaches, such as the need to go to church at all, they said something along the lines of ......lift a rock and you will find me, behind a tree and you will find me.......i know thats way off but the gen idea is there, it was jesus sayin that you need not go to a place of worship to lead a good life, you need only carry God/Jesus' ideals with you in your daily life......this of course would be detremental to the church which is....at its core......a buisness
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yeah i guess your right, but still the baptists make out the best, have you ever seen a baptist preacher not wearing a nice suit and all the right outfits to go with it