[jm951]

Do some research on church history. There were a number of splinter groups of Christianity. There were also a number of books of the Bible in circulation. Constantine, and the church, decided that there had to be one version so he called the Council of Nicea together to resolve the issue. Short version, the council reviewed all books, and made the decision. Books which denied the deity of Christ were abandoned, because they conflicted with books that were known to be eyewitness accounts. Also, the council decided that if Christ were not deity, then the whole idea of the crucifixtion becomes invalid and Christians have no reason to even exist. Books such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Mary were texts frequently used by the Gnostics. If you trace Gnostic history, you'll find they are the distant ancestors of the New Age movements. Apologetics and church history can be quite interesting, but do your own research into the subject as there are some priests and ministers that assert that Christ wasn't even God, nor is the Bible God's word, nor did the crucifixtion occur, nor did Christ even exist. I have to ask, then why the heck are these guys priests or ministers, and of what???