<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(thebes @ Sep 22 2007, 01:54 AM) [snapback]312376[/snapback]</div>
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I am a Baptist. I do not believe what any church says. I believe what the Bible says. I believe Jesus is who he said he was. I do not believe he was the world's greatest liar.
Having said all that, I do not think the forums are the right place for this or politics as they say. Of course I am not a Admin or Mod. Just my thoughts. 
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Which bible?
Is it the one that includes only the hebrew books of the Old Testament that made it into the Jewish Canon, in the late first century, or the more complete one that included the Deuterocanonicals that Jesus occassionally quoted?
The Deuterocanonical were originally written in greek, by greek speaking jews, and were in wide use, at the time of Jesus. Much debate on why these books were eventually excluded centers around the fact that they were used by early christians to justify their faith, which posed problems for maintaining an orderly jewish society.
Do Baptists celebrate the Eucharist?
It wasn't something made up by any church, it is right there in most (all?) versions of the Bible.