It's from the gospel of Thomas but it's not a quote from Jesus. The Thomas gospel is a late gnostic gospel made hundreds of years after Jesus. The only place you'll find The real Jesus is in the New Testament
Wasn't this covered under "Thou shalt not lie"? ;-)
Yet, here you are speaking with authority as if it were true you had actually done a shred of research to prove it. The actual fact is that It's at least as old as the rest of the books in the New Testement canon and younger than the source of many other that were included. The truth is that Thomas is dated to 125AD and being the product of a monastic order, was copied from older versions which were copied from versions older still, ad nauseum.
Had you actually researched, you'd discover the field of theology which conclusively proves that there are multiple authors of the book of Moses, that Matthew and Luke are from the same source and that it's more than a little likely that NONE of the named Books were likely to have been authored by their namesakes. Yet somehow, it's the divine word of God... Do yourself a favor and research the narcissistic megalomaniac Roman Emporer named Constantine and the "Council of Nicea". They chose the books to be included in the New Testament ("Canon")
Look at the politics of 325 AD and tell me that you believe that God guided their hand in the selection of what was to be included in the New Testament or if perhaps, it was man. This was about power, politics and control.
The Catholic Church taught that a priest had to intercede on your behalf. A priest had to act as an intermediary and forgive your sins. When I was a kid, they gave mass in LATIN (a dead language and in America) because it was not about people. Gnosticism (one of DOZENS of Christian variants in plat at that time) taught that God is right here in you and all around you (which he surely is) which puts power directly into the hands of men, rather than the church. You can't control people like that! Also do not forget that the Catholic Church was the world government in all but name for at least a dozen centuries after Nicea and think about motive.
Another factor to consider is that to the keep peace, aspects of Mithracism, another quite popular religion of the day, were incorporated. In a STUNNING coincidence and exactly like the Egyptian followers of Osiris, their worshipee was born at the same time as Jesus. Had a virgin mother. Was killed and resurrected. That doesn't raise an eyebrow in your mind? Okay then, how about this: Both Osiris and Mithra had fathers who were Sun Gods. The new church changed the Sabbath to SUNday. It is actually Saturday which is STILL the seventh day on our modern calendar.
Just to refresh your memory, here's the Fourth Commandment:
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."
So, you submit that the hand of God guided the council of Nicea in the selection of books BUT, didn't intervene as they moved the Day we're suppose to honor God to a day of other Gods (whom he quite clearly instructed us NOT to worship)? Then, in a act of arrogance not many can match, the Catholic Church, when the built the Basilica, named the Plaza outside Saint Peter's the "Plaza of the Sun" and stuck an Egyptian obelisk in the middle of it!
There are literally dozens upon dozens of facts that show the Bible to be man made and not protected by God. Given the concept of "Free Will", it doesn't make sense. In the Bible, God is repeatedly shown to let man do his thing and punish later. Even today, he allows hucksters to use his name and bilk old people out of their money -BUT- he guided the hand of those at the Council of Nicea? Sorry, that was a bit verbose but your sheer arrogance and dismissivness while obviously not doing ANY of the homework smacks of hubris at best and reflects the typical "Christianity superiority Complex" endemic to the Fundamentalist sect of this religion, at worst.
