Social media is 1,000,000% a curse. It is where the least educated profess their ignorance to one another. The internet as a whole is a blessing and a curse. The idea that all information ever is accessible is amazing! However it did not take long for Satan to hijack it and turn it from "The Information Superhighway" to The Disinformation Superhighway. Easiest way to gaslight and mislead people.
“I recently read a very old bible story about the truth about Adam and Eve, it was a ChatGPT response to my question “tell me an interesting story about Adam and Eve not in the bible”. And that’s how I know it’s the truth” -This woman
This wasn’t claiming ‘the truth’, but an addition to the ‘truth’ of the story we already have. It blows my mind though how so many here believe a child born of a ‘virgin’ (which is only a mistranslation, btw) is the one and only son of god, yet god himself, who was murdered to wipe out all of the bad things in the world to make it all better, because we’re all bad even though god also said that we are not responsible for the sins of our parents, completely contradicting himself, when if he really was god he could have just saved himself really proving the whole world that he was what he claimed….. yet cannot possibly fathom that there were other stories that got taken out of the Bible that are equally as valid as the ones what actually made it to our current day printed editions. Instead they want to only include what we have as proof and not willing to accept anything else as ‘facts’ when our Bible today is quite obviously heavily edited already and no one wants to acknowledge that.
Right? Like you'd think we'd have a little more compassion for a figure who probably knew very little suffering suddenly thrown into a world of turmoil and agony.
There’s a Hungarian play called The Tragedy of Man about Lucifer basically trying to get Adam to take his own life by showing him the suffering that humanity would go through in the future. It’s pretty good.
Right? And the lack of humble-mindedness in their presentations of material is so terribly cringey. "AND HOH BOY DO I GET IT NOW" just left me squirming.
@@zackzimmer7167 This phrase comes from a poem by Alexander Pope that more fully reads” “A little learning is a dangerous thing ;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring :There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.”. BTW, the Pierian spring is from Greek mythology and was the sacred spring of the Muses.
The smug confidence of these creators within her ignorance is never surprising but always shocking to me. I live a quiet life online and never see this level of dumb in the wild. Like do they even google before they lit record? Wikipedia is not great but it’ll at least tell you which books are in the apocrypha and which were fan fiction written centuries later.
I dunno man, this guy right here implied that Tobit and 1 Macc weren't written in Hebrew. Tobit absolutely was written in Hebrew; there are copies in Qumran. Hebrew 1 Macc was witnessed by Origen under another name; Origen is widely accepted on this due to peculiarities of 1 Macc's Greek.
I just been checking them out. I’ve read none of them till I figure out which ones are legit and which ones are not. Enoch had been added to by several different authors of the centuries. It’s not longer dependable. It should not be read. All the books in the New Testament quote the old testament but the book of Enoch. It’s been fiddled with. A lot. Jewish people amd none Christians scholars agree, it’s been screwed with. Bad. So I won’t ever read that book. I just started looking into them. So I have not read them yet. I being careful. I may or may not read them, but I’ll fully check them out first before I decide. Seem legit so far. All my info doesn’t come from you tube. This video just popped up. Not what I expect it to be actually lol far from it lol lady is an idiot for believing such nonsense! Propaganda is what she just read! Make believe! 🤨 what a boob!
Ever noticed how these foolish conspiracy theorists are always so overwhlmingly confident in their BS? So confident, that they never bother to fact check their theories. I mean wny would you?
It's all about chasing views and clicks. It's just manifesting the "yellow journalism" of the late 19th century and more recently the "tabloid press". When you see these hucksters just place them with stories from "The National Enquire" and "The Daily Mirror" about alien babies and Big Foot sightings.
Dan's finishing lines have much the same energy as that guy who looked up if spiders actually have an extra warning of danger sense like Spider-Man, and then found out they have this danger-detection system called "eyes".
Spiders also create these structures called "webs" and if something touches a spider's "web" the spider can "feel" the movement as "vibrations" in the structure, by using its "legs." Truly amazing!
Why does she give credit to the Apocrypha and take those books as accurate and true and not the canonical normal inspired by God ? She chooses to believe the books that she likes the most, the ones that say what she wants to hear
@@nathanmstroud “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves false teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables”. I think that fits rather well to this situation being as the book is not canonical and is was written several thousand years after it had happened, also by an unknown Egyptian author, and is not even slightly considered biblical, only biblically inspired fiction. Each book of the Bible, at least the canonical ones inspired by God, were written by either people who were present much closer to the time (e.g. Moses for the first five books) or by eye witnesses (New Testament). Also, the books of the apocrypha were noted as not canonical and not the same as scripture by Josephus who lived from between 37-100 AD, who was a Jewish historian. He did also acknowledge Jesus as the Christ.
@@coreymitchell8525Do you ever have to wrestle with the fact as a believer? That some group/s of people sat down and curated the Bible God's own words probably HEAVILY. And the best accounts we have are from people 1000's of years ago. Who may or may not be accurate sources.
I love how calm and like peaceful you are saying the truth.. like you have such a good attitude you're not rolling you're eyes or sighing.. I would be annoyed at the ignorance of this person and you don't even address it you just state the facts and carry on so bless you for that. Great lesson on attitude for me.. time to humble myself I think lol getting too big for mah boots as they say lol
Regarding the Apocrypha not being read in church services: while this is generally true, in the Orthodox Church, selections from the Wisdom of Solomon are appointed in some Vespers services, and the Prayer of Manasseh is read at Great Compline services.
Also, there's a couple of readings from Baruch, Sirach, and a portion of Daniel called Song of the Three that is part of Easter vigil in the Lutheran (and I believe catholic) service orders.
@@charliecampbell6851 this is true, Catholics often read from Sirach and sometimes Baruch and Wisdom. Whether we *should* bother with the latter two is another question, but even Protestants read from the obvious pack of lies called "2 Peter" so I just dunno.
I read the book of Adam and Eve and thought it edified Adam as well as Jesus. So this goes to show that if the light in one’s eyes is dark, they’ll find everything wrong with everything around them.
This is exactly the same as my local daily paper. The Sunday edition never includes the winning lottery numbers from Monday's drawing. Why do those horrible people exclude those winning numbers from the Sunday paper?
@@badnewsBH I can provide the next days winning numbers, if you will meet certain requirements: you must worship me; you must do whatever I tell you to, no matter how repugnant; you must give me 10% of your paycheck. If you do all of those things, I will give you the winning numbers - right after you die. I promise. Pinky swear. Honest.
To answer your question, so that people don't go and by that same ticket, it would cause a black Friday kinda of crowd. So stop comparing apples to oranges.
Martin also wanted the letter of James out but others didn’t agree soooooo man shouldn’t mess with it. God never gives us a list of books and letters to approve
The hardest part of the Bible for me is when Jesus says your soul is at risk if you call someone a fool. It’s soooo hard not to think this lady is stupid, along with many like her who spout off ridiculous rhetoric that has absolutely no basis in reality
Exactly. When I was reading it all I was thinking of is they were babies. Which makes sense. Like when the angels gave them figs to eat and they were afraid of the figs incase something bad happened to them again. What I think is a contradiction compared to the bible is that it suggests that they were never meant to eat, then because of their fallen state they had to eat. But we know from the bible even before the fall they were to eat from the other trees.
The Bible in general reminds me of the StarWars expanded universe. You have some clear examples of fanfic and some clear examples of canon works, but also plenty of very arbitrary seeming decisions about canonicity, things that were canon once being kicked out, etc. And ghost writers, editors coming along after the original authors, and lots of retconning...this all feels very familiar.
Or secondary sources that don't meet the criteria for being Canonized ! There are probably alot of these types of religious books lost in history especially when some of the Ancient Libraries were burned down.
@@kray3883 The Bible's development is exactly like some modern media. The translation process and the very many mistakes, tribalism for certain versions that come along with it, as well as the Documentary Hypothesis looks *VERY* similar to the translation developments of many anime and manga series. You can very easily see the influences that Dragon Ball had on modern action anime and manga for young boys. But that series started out as a parody of Journey to the West and also had a whole lot of influences from things like Fist of the North Star, Superman, and the Terminator in its later, but more popular half. Not many kids nowadays know about that first half, but so many people can recognize a Kamehameha and power ups through transformations. We also see problems that arise because certain jokes didn't translate well from the original Japanese and there are some differences between the anime and manga that affects the story somewhat.
Thank you for this video. I am currently dealing with somebody right now in the comments section of another video who thinks they know a thing or two about the Bible, not having actually read the Bible but only going through different extra biblical texts, including this book of Adam and Eve. It is actually very sad and I used to be no different. Hopefully these people can change and take information like this seriously.
It’s very hard for Christians and other gentiles to truly understand the Bible when they both have only been fed lies. Jeremiah 16:19 19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Only blood line descendants of those that wrote the Bible can say what is relevant or not. I promise you they will say that it is all relevant. It’s like having a stranger come into your house and take one of your photo albums and put their own pictures in it and put their faces where your faces are. The Bible is a history book of one particular people. It’s their photo album. Salvation is for all, but Christians need to stop claiming the promises of Jacob. Based on scriptures the one they call Jesus would completely ignore most Christians. Matthew 15 That’s what happens when you steal someone else’s history. Rev 2:9 and 3:9
I've read some of the Gnostic gospels, and they're pretty horrible. Lol. Adam actually dies a few times in the book she's describing, and God just keeps bringing him back to life. There are also some that say the Sabbath is on Sunday. They're good for some laughs, but they definitely shouldn't be taken seriously.
@@scholasticbookfair. Yes cause most Christians don’t read the Bible or cherry pick. “God is good”. Yeah let’s ignore the countless time god commit or order genocide. No it wasn’t because they’re evil, I mean what did the babies do?
I thought the giveaway was when Adam told Eve "watch me do this sick burnout in my 1986 Lamborghini Diablo". It didn't help that it was followed by the comment "(but he said it in ancient Hebrew)".
Again, the GOD that I believe in and worship created ALL of time and space. I am quite confident in HIS ability to ensure that the words HE wanted related thru history is in fact what we have written down. But you do you.
The Gospel of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are all dated within the 1st Century. The Didache, a 1st C. document, also quotes them and Paul also cites some of the Gospels in his letters (Paul died around 60s AD and his letters were approx. written in the 50s AD).
Ive experienced that not long after I think something like "Oh boy, I get it now!" Something else appears that causes me to realize that I actually know less now than I did prior to that epiphany.
@Sewblon I was raised christian and felt certain it to be the exclusive truth for a time. Then, I studied philosophy in school which showed me a ton of other world views, and how throughout history anytime a philosopher would present a new idea, 10 more would appear and, with varying degrees of success, explain why it was wrong and how another way of thinking was superior. In the following years, I have studied and even practiced many different world religions and ideologies. The more I've discovered, the more I've realized that although each one has it's merits and demerits, it is less and less likely that one of them is fundamentally true, renderring all other contradictory views false. I remember this bothering me for a time, but now I have come to accept that I just dont know, and it's possible that I may never know anything with certainty, and that's ok. In fact, I've grown to find that it can be quite liberating, as I continue an exploration of our mystery without the burden of needing to know for sure what's ultimately going on.
Wow, thanks for that historical breakdown of those books. I had always been confused why they were not "canon". While there may have been certain interests to leave out specific texts by various sects and practices through history, your breakdown sheds an important light on the topic. The Apocrypha texts are a very cool source to explore.
They were excluded because they were written in Greek? The entire NT was written in Greek! As for pseudopigrapha, that would also include 6 of Paul’s alleged letters, both books of Peter, as well as James. Use the same standard everywhere
Dan, the majority of Christians in the world do not refer to those books as Apocrypha. That’s a later Protestant usage of the term intended to sideline these books which the Church, East and West, had accepted as scripture for a little over a thousand years as you had noted. The Apocrypha refers to universally rejected books, Enoch, Jubilees, Apocolypse of Abraham, etc. The Deuterocanon was never “hidden” by the Church.
I have recently accepted Jesus into my heart, so I wanted to read a bible that is as close to the original as possible. Talk about going head 1st into a rabbit hole. Eastern or Western Orthodox? Catholic? Protestant? Which protestant? Do I need to learn greek? Hebrew? Baby steps
The best advice i can give you is to focus on the word, pray consistently. Once you know God for yourself everything else being said will just be a confirmation of what the Holy Spirit has already made known to you.
I understand that you are being technically precise when you say "the biblical canon". However I know many many people who would not understand that "the biblical canon" means "the bible" unless it was clearly stated, and repeated, many times. I know that it is difficult but I think your communication with some, possibly many, people will be more successful if you say either "the Bible" by itself, or say "the biblical canon, the Bible".
I think a big problem is that Apocrypha is kind of a less clear term than Deuterocanonical. Cuz when I hear "the apocrypha" I imagine any apocryphal books rather than specifically the Deuterocanon.
I wish Dan had clarified this distinction because I was a little confused hearing him use "the Apocrypha" so narrowly. You do see it used to refer to that specific set of books in the names of some Bible editions, e.g. "The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha," but outside that context, I generally see Deuterocanon as the preferred term for those apocrypha in particular and the term apocrypha itself used to refer to pretty much any religious work not included in the generally accepted canon of the religion in question. If I hear a layman say the word, I certainly wouldn't assume they meant *the* capital-A Apocrypha. (Though given how she describes them as "banned from the Bible," the woman in the video might legitimately be under the impression that the Book of Adam and Eve had something like Deuterocanonical status.)
He defined apocrypha incorrectly as well. He described the deuterocanon, apocrypha are books like Enoch etc where the author is unknown and they are not considered canonical at all, but not blasphemous or historically invalid, just zero teachings or doctrines should be based on them. She is describing *heretical* books.
As he said they were to be studied but not used in church services. Athanasius even, who created list of the current 27 NT books, said we should also read the apocrypha for “more exactness.”
Hey Dan. Do you have a preferred translation of the Bible? I am thinking about reading through the Bible again and would prefer a less messaged version that makes the reading closer to the actual Hebrew/Greek BTW, love the videos.
He usually uses the NRSVue. You can find it on most bible websites/apps or get it in print, such as the SBL Study Bible (or NOAB which has the previous edition of the translation)
He has made a video about it Try searching it on RU-vid with relevant keywords. I remember he mentioned the Oxford study Bible (which I have) but can’t recall the others.
@@pansepot1490The downside to the Oxford study bible is that they haven't incorporated the latest version of the NRSV yet. They'll probably come out with a new edition soon. If you are more interested in the text of the bible itself rather than all the surrounding material, the SBL study bible is a better choice since it has the latest translation.
@@thomasdalton1508I got drawn into the weird world of bible collectors recently (check out R Grant Jones sometime, it’s kind of amazing) & if you want a really readable NRSVue bible, Zondervan uses an amazing font & layout with minimal bleed. I found a basic one without apocrypha for $20 yesterday & I’m looking forward to checking it out. With apocrypha unfortunately is going to be ~$40+ but it’s apparently still a great price for the quality you get. The SBL & NOAB were my first print bibles & my personal experience is that, while I want to have their informaiton available, it makes the reading experience kind of stressful & intimidating. SBL also just has too much bleed. Getting the NOAB to compare it to made me realize how important readability is.
Ask of God - James 1:5 In a dream, were many people saying Jesus' name in vain, to which I heard a voice say, They know My name, but they don't know who I am.
By what authority were the apocryphal books removed? Spirit of God? This is what gets me with sola scriptura protestants. Where in your selected Canon does it tell you which books are authoritative?
And Hebrews. And if he had succeeded we'd have those wonderful texts as Apocrypha. There was never a time in history when God was scared of anybody reading good books.
I have not heard of this book before. What was the rhetorical/theological argument the content creator was making based on (her summary of) the book's depiction of Adam crying and God slapping him? Does she believe or not believe in original sin?
I think the point she was trying to make was that the book wasn't included in the bible because it makes Adam look bad. I don't really follow that, but as Dan pointed out there is no need for an explanation since the book wasn't even written when the decisions were being made. There has been no serious attempt to add new books to the bible since it was settled in the 4th century.
@@thomasdalton1508Thanks, but I was trying to figure out what her conclusion was after she erroneously assumed Adam kept the book out of the bible because he didn't like his portrayal. In other words, she would say "because of this book, then it shows x."
Her depiction is mostly wrong. Adam and eve did spend a lot of time crying and repenting. I mean it was exhausting! But God didn't slap Adam that I recall, either proverbially or literally. In fact, he sent the Word to comfort them several times.
”For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.“ 2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV
What I find interesting is there are those saying Lillith is Adam's first wife and also the people who Cain encountered when he got sent away were from evolution. Any thoughts?
@@Jd-808 The commentator is obviously alluding to the verse from the Book of Adam and Eve: "But of the low hanging fruit, thou shalt neither touch it nor shalt thou reply to it, for in that day surely shall ye become mad online"
Here is The Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE - Ancient Semitic Cuneiform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.” Isaiah 43:11 “I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.” Isaiah 45:5 “I am YaH, and there is none else.”
😱 I was just talking to mu husband about this. Why as an eastern apostolic church we dont use the same bible as Catholic and the rest of eastern churches ‼️
Why would you worry about what another church is doing? The word of God stands alone from a stupid building. The king James Bible is the word of God. Not the apocrypha
Thank you, Dan! I did email you, in distress, because my Catholic friend is reading the Adam & Eve book, and all the other books she thinks "got kicked out of the Bible". And I knew it was bullshit. Thank you for clearing up literally all the bullshit.
Huh. So in the 6th century someone else was thinking the same thing I'm thinking, that if Christ forgives all sins, why does any saved person still suffer the consequences of orginal sin? And to take it a step further, why should I believe that I'm saved from Hell by the forgiveness of Christ if that forgiveness objectively does *_not_* allay the punishment for sin?
Because Christ is speaking of your soul. You need to get into scripture. He literally says this several times. He also says that this world will give your trouble by take heart I have overcome the world.
She sounds like a person who believes the Bible but who has been beaten over the head repeatedly with the idea that women-and herself by extension-are responsible for sin entering the world. Now, finding and reading this text, she has found what she believes is a Biblical way of expressing her frustration with how she might have been treated. My conjecture: her rant has nothing to do with Adam and everything to do with toxic people in her life, specifically toxic men and the women and men who can support them.
It is astounding how people can be so confident while being so wrong at the same time 🤷🏽♂️🤣 Good job beother. Thank you for straightening it all out for her.
The whole thing really. NT is derivative of the Hebrew Bible, so toss it. Hebrew Bible is a composite text, so toss out the various redactions. The earliest Torah writings are conglomerates of ancient Canaanite and Mesopotamian stories, so toss them out. Now all you've got is a book cover. So toss that too.
@@rainbowkrampus I mean Pauls 7 letters would still be in the bible. At the end of the day my criticism refers to those who cherry picked books based on the fact that they were not written by its traditional authors. The Nt even cites the book of Enoch, but Christians decided against its canocity because it was obviously not written by Enoch, yeah but the same we could do for 90% of the bible
No you couldn't. The churches established by the Apostles still existed and the doctrines of faith were cohesive. These churches sent their Bishops to Nicea. Ireneaus the Bishop of Rome presided.
@@vanessamartz7596 church fathers had different Canons and none of the churches except Jerusalem were established by the 12, which split with Paulian churches
I went back to church and read the book of Eli where God prophesied that years from now, a blind man will transfer a brail version of the bible while accompanied by a young female follower and fighting heathens who wanna use it for power, using krav maga and other martial arts skills.
I had read the book of Adam and Eve, and my version did not have any of those details she mentioned. Adam was faithful and rewarded by God. He stayed in a river to mourn for 40 days in repentance and God loved him.
@playdiscgolf1546 The only important thing right now is spreading the gospel, trusting and believing in the Lord, and doing our best to live in a way that pleases him.
Just a minor correction. Apocrypha as it was originally understood before Martin Luther applied it to the Deuterocanon was a term applied to Bible-adjacent text that the Catholic and Orthodox churches did not consider scripture but did not suppress either. These include things like the Protoevangelium of James, History of Joseph the Carpenter, Acts of Paul and Thecla, and some Apocalypses written in similar style to the Apocalypse of John of Patmos (Revelation) in the Bible. Basically Bible fanfic that skirt heretical territory but still considered acceptable by the established church. The Deuterocanon is also traditionally read for daily masses (3rd week of November 2023 was all Wisdom of Solomon followed by an entire week of Maccabees) and occasionally for Sunday mass (Sirach for Sep. 17, 2023).
What amazes me is that people think God is so powerless that He couldnt have any say in what books made up the bible. It says if anyone adds to the bible or takes away from it....let them be accursed!
I’m Orthodox. That was a very good, impartial and accurate historical assessment of biblical canonization. We still include Tobit and Maccabees in our Bible and Esdras and Enoch if you are Ethiopian We accept Enoch. We do not consider Enoch canonical because it is not read during a Liturgy but it’s certainly not considered ‘a super secret text they *outlawed* from the Bible’ as many RU-vid morons claim. I feel bad for this lady. Really, it’s just the continuation of dollar-store Gnosticism because it’s the most palatable to new-age modernists. God’s peace ☦️
Another important aspect behind the selection of the 66 books of the Bible was that they consisted of the books that were established in the official Greek translation of the day (the Septuagint) and that the New Testament books/letters were chosen on the sole basis of having a direct eyewitness connection to Jesus. Many of the other good writings (like those from the Nicene Fathers) were excluded from the original canonization for this primary reason.
0:38-0:41 I had no idea the apocrypha had a somewhat positive opinion within at least _some_ proto-orthodox circles! Most of my understanding of the early church comes from the ecumenical councils, I guess I didn’t fully appreciate how compressed this nuance would become in the polarized context of these debates.
In regards to peoples ages in the old testament primarily Genesis. I was wondering about how numerical values translate from Hebrew to English. When our Bibles say Methuselah lived 969 years, it makes me think their conception of years were different. You are clearly very well studied in Hebrew so I was wondering if you could share any insights into this, Thank You.
Yeah it's possible other past civilizations have used different units to measure time and distances. Although our ancestors seemed to be pretty good at Astronomy. Even the Sumerians 5000 years ago were telling time and using 360 day calendars. So being that far off seems odd. I always wondered though if we lowered out life spans some how with our tech and or excessive pollution of our environment.
The age of figures in the Bible is an interesting one. There’s a graph of ages of the people - and what is clear, before the flood of Noah, people lived much longer. Once the flood came, the people lived 1/3 of the years as before. Something happened in that flood that drastically changed the environmen. What was speculated is that there was a supercharged 10cm layer of ice above the sky - which would increase oxygen saturation and pressure (basically a hyperbaric chamber conditions). Josephus talks of this ice in his writings, that was the thickness of his hand. This layer of ice would have reflect all UV light so the sun wouldn’t cause as much damage. Added to this, our DNa is degrading over time, we’re copies of copies of copies. Methusalel as a person is also fascinating, his name means “his death shall bring” and the year he died, Noah’s flood came and destroyed the world. It seems to me, long life is a blessing and a mercy on the world. As with methusalel, god extended and extended his life until there was no option but to destroy his creation.
I get what you are thinking about the number of years they lived seeming to long. But in Genesis, there is a part where God says, now our days will only reach 120 years. Which is very interesting, because the oldest recorded people in modern history max out at about 120. But with poor diet, pollution ect. Most of is only make it to about 80.
As much as I respect all the information you brought, for I do believe that you have overlooked something which is that a lot of Bible stories and a lot of biblical information was passed down mouth-to-mouth especially in the early centuries, Some omissions, like the name of God and that only being passed to verified people in the priest community of the Jewish faith went on for a lot longer so I don’t think we should look at it as less significant because of when it was introduced in the Bible and written
An addition: the apocryphal books were never considered scripture by the Jews and they still arent today. Martin Luthers Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh contain all of the same books (although some books have been split into two parts).
The impression I got from reading a few chapters of the apocryphal books was that they read similarly to the canonical books, may have even been equally divinely inspired, but like they were written at a later date: parts of them bore a greater resemblance to other later historical texts, just a bit here and there, like Herodotus etc.
@@jakstew8168 that's nothing to do with the Apocrypha, it's just an old text as far as I know. The Apocrypha doesn't mean just any pseudo-Biblical text.
So if you were told you live in a place with zero crime,hunger and you'll never die on top of conversing with the fullness of the glory of God. Then next thing you get kicked out you won't cry and sulk about it. Yeah sure I wasn't there when the original sin was committed but I could feel Adams pain when I read that text. In fact I get flashbacks of it whenever I'm reading genesis. Eden=Paradise
Q : What was the first thing Adam said to Eve when he first met her ? . . . . A : he told her , stand back , i don't know how big this thing is going to get
