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Former religious lemmings, what made you quit religion or stop being a believer? (endlesstalk.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Bible was just piecemealed together by a bunch of old white men in the 16th? Century during the council of nicea.

About this...

Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, which became popular in 2003. According to Brown’s fictional (and historically dubious) narrative, the books that make up the Bible were officially selected and put together by the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, under the authority of Constantine I who sought to define Christian doctrine and belief.

Although the Council certainly did meet at a time of crisis within the Church, it did not address the biblical canon, despite what Brown said. This has become a modern myth that has outlasted the book’s initial surge in popularity. In reality, the Council of Nicaea met to debate the nature of the Trinity (that Jesus is the son, and father, and the holy spirit at the same time), among other things.

https://www.iflscience.com/who-decided-which-books-went-into-the-bible-71014

It seems like influential and powerful individuals and organizations who voiced which texts should the bible include up until the 4th century, and those who disagreed were deemed heretics.