[dthmstr254]

Is the account of the Gnostic gospels credible? I can name three reasons why not off the top of my head:

1. fraudulent authorship. the gospel of Philip was written in 250 AD in Syria. the Gnostics simply tagged a popular name on it to make the text seem credible so they could inject false teaching into the church. someone sent a false document to the Thesallonians between the books of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, posing as Paul in the writing of it, telling them that Jesus had already come and they had missed the rapture. that is why Paul wrote 2 Thes so quickly.

2. late dates. Who would you trust? someone who knew and spoke to Him? or someone who wasn't alive until long, long after.

3. their content. they contradict the synoptic gospels and the Old Testament in several key areas. if you would like, I could post a few of the stupid quotes that include that animals can be saved by being eaten, but humans are damned by being eaten by a lion from the book of Thomas.