I didn't mean to spark a debate, and I now realize that this topic elicits very emotional reactions. So I'm sorry if my post hurt your feelings.
However IMHO the compilation of the Bible (as a collection of books/texts) in the year 325 and the decision regarding which texts were included and which were excluded were determined not only by religious factors but also by political ones (as I try to point out in the attached note).
If you claim that the Gospels and texts not included in the Bible originate from Satan, then of course there is nothing more I can point to. That puts an end to any discussion. I can only note that this follows the line of reasoning that has concealed and banned valuable texts and insights for millennia.
Incidentally, this would also render valuable religious insights—such as those of indigenous peoples—of little value.
Once again: I hold the teachings of Jesus in the highest regard, and in that regard, I am sorry if I have hurt your feelings.
quotingEven if the Bible texts would be authenic, they left important parts out of the final book.
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Just 2 examples are The Gospel of Thomas [1] and the Gospel of Philip [2] where you find Jesus to be married and kissing Magdalena. Both Gospels were rediscovered 1946 in Nag Hamadi [3]. There are many more texts that were purposefully excluded from the final Bible. Most of this happened in the year 325 [4] when emperor Consratin I. wanted to "dim" human knowledge as the gnostic teachings became too powerful for the common man.
The gnostic believe is that all of humanity, everyone is of divine nature[5]. This was (is) of course a problem for the slave owning class.
Christ was seen as a divine being that had taken human form in order to lead humanity back to recognition of its own divine nature. Salvation through direct, experiential "knowledge".
Also all texts around reincarnation didn't make it to the final Bible.
𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. Emperor Consratin I. would have had a hard time ruling over them.
[1] https://www.gospels.net/thomas
[2] https://www.gospels.net/philip
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
