The Deuterocanon is not inspired

I hope this debate can be fruitful in understanding. My opponent has given me permission to go ahead and dig right in in the first round and start my argument. I will offer my reason why the Deuterocanon is not inspired scriptures and should not be included as canon. My Canon Scripture: My opponent requested my canon in this debate and I will oblige. My Canon is within the modern KJV. My KJV consist of 66 books. . http://www.sacred-texts.com.... I remind everyone right now that my canon is not the topic here but only the Deuterocanon is. My Bible consist of: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY, JOSHUA, JUDGES, RUTH, 1 KINGS, 2 KINGS, 1 SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL, 1 CHRONICLES, 2 CHRONICLES, EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER, JOB, PSALMS, PROVERBS, ECCLESIATES, SONG OF SOLOMON, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, DANIEL, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZAPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN, ACTS, ROMANS, 1 CORINTHIANS, 2 CORINTHIANS, GALATIANS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, 1 THESSALONIANS, 2 THESSALONIANS, 1 TIMOTHY, 2 TIMOTHY, TITUS, PHILEMON, HEBREWS, JAMES, 1 PETER, 2 PETER, 1 JOHN, 2 JOHN, 3 JOHN, JUDE, REVELATIONS MY ARGUEMENT: Protestants call the books of the Deuterocanon the Apocrypha. The reason they are referred as the Apocrypha is because that was the books original name. The RCC changed the collection of these books name to the Deuterocanon. It is the truth that the Apocrypha has always been apart of the Hebrew sacred texts. Though the Hebrew speaking Jews themselves never viewed those texts as canon scripture and infact they never referred to them as scripture at all. The Deuterocanon is a collection of eleven books. "Deutero" means "second" and so the deuterocanonical books refer the second canon by Greek speaking authorities. These books are only considered to be inspired by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The Apocrypha was included in the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Tanakh. Before Christ, there was two separate writings accepted by the Jews. One of them, which we now call the Palestinian Canon, was written in Hebrew and used primarily by Jews living in Palestine and Judah. But there were also substantial numbers of Jews living in Egypt and in other places outside of Palestine, who no longer spoke Hebrew but Greek. Therefore, a Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures and writings was made which we now call the Septuagint. The Greek's took it upon themselves to include the Apocrypha inside their Bibles along with canon scriptures and this is were the RCC books came from. The Tanakh is the Hebrew Old Testament accepted by Jews and it does not include the Apocrypha. Both the Jews and Protestants consider the apocrypha books to be secular books and not inspired by God. The Jews are the people God has ordained to decide what books were to be accepted into the canon. My opponent may say well the Jews did not accept Jesus and they can not be trusted. Well my opponent would be wrong. Many Jews accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah. In fact who were the apostles and in fact highly regarded RCC Pope Peter? They were all Jews. Even the Jews who did not accept Jesus as the Messiah would only be a threat to the New Testament not the Old. These Jews would in fact keep very good track of their scriptures and only accept truly inspired texts. They are still looking for the Messiah, so, it would be detrimental for them to keep their inspired text alive with them. This is why they do not have the Apocrypha in their canon. We have the scriptures also telling us that it is the Jews who were ordained to decide scriptures in Romans 3:2! In fact when has anyone other than the Jews been inspired to write scriptures? The RCC themselves did not put the Apocrypha in their scriptures as canon until 382 A. D. and even then they did not put all of the books in it. It was not until 1546 A. D. in the Council of Trent did they make all the books of the Apocrypha in the canon. The RCC has no authority to make scriptures canon or not. The Bible tells us that the Jew has the decisions for the Oracles of God. In Proverbs 30:6, the prophets tell us that no one should add or subtract from the scriptures. In fact the Apocrypha contains may things that contradicts the O. T. It contains many historical errors. It suggest that people can gain salvation through works when connected to the N. T. and not by grace. None of the apostles not Jesus himself refer to the Apocrypha books. There is one possible and maybe correctly passage in Hebrews that could connect to the Apocrypha. In any way the Apocrypha has many reasons why not to be inspired or canon. Although the Apocrypha was occasionally quoted in the early church's, it was not in the canon. Even Jerome himself resisted including the Apocrypha but was pressured into accepting it. Almost all of the references given by those who do not object of the Apocryphal books as canon to the N. T. are very objectionable. There is only one verse that is not accounted for in the whole N. T. The Apocryphal books themselves admit that the prophetic succession ended with Malachi and Zechariah. (1 Maccabees 4:46; 1 Maccabees 9:27; 1 Maccabees 14:41). Josephus the Jewish historian rejected the Apocryphal books (Against Apion 1:8). The council of Jamnia also held this same view (F. F. Bruce, The books and Parchments[ Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1963], p.98). The scriptures themselves tell us that they are inspired from God. There are over 400 verses that say, 'God says'. There are over 551 verses that say, 'God said'. there are 293 verses that say, 'the Lord said' and 268 that says, 'the Lord says'. The books in the Deuterocanon do not refer to the Lord speaking or inspiring in this fashion. Most authoritative scholars cross-checked prophecies, dates, locations, people and scriptures themselves to determine inspiration from God in determining canon scripture. The early church councils applied several basic standards in recognizing whether a book was inspired. 1. Was it authoritative? 2. Was it prophetic? 3. Was it authentic? 4. Was it dynamic? 5. Is it received (accepted and used by believers)? (Norman L. Geisler & William Nix, A General Introduction To The Bible. pp. 137-144). A. Old Testament Canon – Recognizing the correct Old Testament books 1. Christ refers to Old Testament books as "scripture". 2. The Council of Jamnia (A. D. 90) officially recognized our 39 Old Testament books. 3. Josephus, the Jewish historian (A. D. 95), indicated that the 39 books were recognized as authoritative. B. New Testament Canon – Recognizing the correct New Testament books 1. The apostles claimed authority for their writings ( Colossians 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:14). 2. The apostle’s writings were equated with Old Testament scriptures ( 2 Peter 3:1, 2, 15, 16). 3. The Council of Athenasius (A. D. 367) and the Council of Carthage (A. D. 397) recognized the 27 books in our New Testament today as inspired. I hope I have gave a foundation for this debate. I truly hope this leads into a fascinating discussion of the truth about the scriptures. I turn it back over to Con. 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