The Apocrypha is scripture

First of all, I wouldlike to address that not all of those books are accepted by the RCC. This isthe list of accepted books in the Catholic Bible: 1. Tobit 2. Judith 3. Greek version ofEsther with additions 4. Wisdom of Solomon(Book of Wisdom) 5. Sirach(Ecclesiasticus) 6. Baruch 7. Letter of Jeremiah 8. Prayer of Azariahand the Song of the Three Jews 9. Susanna (Danielchapter 13) 10. Bel and theDragon (Daniel chapter 14) 11. 1 Maccabees 12. 2 Maccabees My second rebuttal isthat 1 Maccabees and Sirach were originally written in Hebrew and thentranslated into Greek in the Septuagint. Pro, needs to cite me a source to verify that statement. My third rebuttal isthat the books I listed were canonized in the Third Council of Carthage. You said that sincethey have no claim to inspiration, they are not inspired. However, there aremany books in the Bible that have no claim to inspiration either. Such booksinclude Esther, the books of the Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. [1]But, they weretrue prophets of God. Pro needs to understand that God in the OT, had a systemof testing things to know which prophet is from him. Deuteronomy 18:22 – “Whena prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or cometo pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet hasspoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.” b. Jeremiah 28:9– “As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophetcomes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent.” The Apocrypha do not have any verifiable prophecies, nor are theyconsistent with scripture. They promote evil acts. The Jews rejection ofthe Apocrypha does not nullify it's inspiration. The Jews also reject the NewTestament. That is correct. The point of my argument is not that Jewsdetermine scripture. The point of my argument was to show that the Jews werevery meticulous writers, and preserved scripture very well. If any of the Jewishcircles read these books, they would know these were not true prophets of God,nor are they considered scripture because of their false prophecies. My question is this:What offensive language is in the Apocrypha? The Apocrypha doesnot teach immoral practices. That is a very great misconception. In the book ofTobit, Raphael never tells Tobias to use witchcraft. The things he shows himare remedies and cures. If that is considered witchcraft than all medicine bydefault is witchcraft. You say that Judith lying is contradictory to scripture.The problem with that is that Esther used the same means to find favor from theking. Like Judith, she used her physical attractiveness to find favor. The Bible is full ofassassination and bloodshed. It is not immoral if it is God's will. I do notunderstand where you got the notion that the Apocrypha teaches suicide. Pleaseexplain that to me and show me your source in the Apocrypha. [2]No, what Imean is that Judith lied about the scriptures. We can’t verify any historicalor archaeological claims made in Judith. Here below are listed some reasons whythese are not the true scriptures. Tobit 6:5-7, "Then the angel said to him: Take out theentrails of this fish, and lay up his heart, and his gall, and his liver forthee: for these are necessary for useful medicines. 6 And when he had done so,he roasted the flesh thereof, and they took it with them in the way: the restthey salted as much as might serve them, till they came to Rages the city ofthe Medes. 7 Then Tobias asked the angel, and said to him: I beseech thee,brother Azarias, tell me what remedies are these things good for, which thouhast bid me keep of the fish? 8 And the angel, answering, said to him: If thouput a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away allkind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more tothem." How is that not superstitious? Does the bible really condonethe smoke from a fish's heart, when burned, will drive away evil spirits? Of course not. Earning Salvation byWorks?: Tobit 4:11, "For alms deliver from all sin, and fromdeath, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness." Tobit 12:9, "For alms delivereth from death, and thesame is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and lifeeverlasting." We know from Scripture that alms (money or food, given to the poor orneedy as charity) does not purge our sins. The blood of Christ is what cleanses us, not money or food given to poorpeople. "but if we walk in thelight as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, andthe blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin," (1 John 1:7).[2] Using money as anoffering for the sins of the dead?: 2 Maccabbees 12:43, "And making a gathering, he senttwelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered forthe sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning theresurrection." Such a superstitious and unbiblical concept has no place inScripture. HistoricalInaccuracies: Judith 1:5, "Now in the twelfth year of his reign,Nabuchodonosor, king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city,fought against Arphaxad and overcame him." Baruch 6:2, "And when you are come into Babylon, youshall be there many years, and for a long time, even to seven generations: andafter that I will bring you away from thence with peace." The book of Judith incorrectly says that Nebuchadnezzar wasthe king of the Assyrians when he was the king of the Babylonians. Baruch 6:2 says the Jews would serve in Babylon for sevengenerations where Jer. 25:11 says it was for 70 years. "And this whole land shall be adesolation and a horror, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylonseventy years." How on earth can these be true prophets of God, and yetspeak inconsistent inaccurate false prophecies in history? This would surelyfail the litmus test put by God to Moses for all prophets to come and speak inthe name of the LORD.Burden of Proof is on Pro to show how we can trust these scriptures as the true scriptures of God's word the Bible. Sources: [1]http://biblicaltestsofaprophet.com... [2]http://carm.org...