After I had posted my previous message, discussing Hayden Carroll’s issues with Sola Scriptura and the biblical canon, I found two more short video clips from him (seen above), in which he again questions the canonicity of the 66 books of the Bible. It is not necessary here to discuss in detail what he has said, because I have already given enough detailed discussion in my previous posts. In this post I am going to focus on only one issue. In the first video, responding to Jeff Durbin, he says the following:
“Do you see the issue here? They are literally admitting they can’t justify their [66 book Bible] standard. They are self-admittedly presupposing it as the infallible, ultimate authority. Jeff, unless you can justify your standard, the 66 books you hold today, why should we believe it? If God didn’t say it, why are you?”
In the second video, again addressing Jeff Durbin, he says the following:
“Jeff, using your own standard, you are just kicking the can down the road; in other words, how do you know that the 66 books you use today are God speaking? Again, where did God publicly reveal this? …”
My question for him is, if he has such a serious issue with the canonicity of the 66 books of the Bible, why is he still LDS? Because the LDS Church fully accepts the canonicity of the 66 books of the Bible. If he has such a serious issue with the canonicity of the 66 books of the Bible, then he is in the wrong religion. He should go and find himself some other religion or church, that agrees with his theological views.
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I am a non-denominational Christian. I have seen many of Hayden’s videos. I think the question he has for Jeff is legitimate in a debate point of view. That may be the disconnect that is felt. Hayden is not having a discussion trying to get to the truth, he is trying to win a debate.
So, in this instance I believe he is trying to force Jeff to defend his stance, even if Hayden agrees with the end result of the Bible. He is saying if it is scripture only where in the Bible does it list out the books that are considered scripture today, at least the New Testament. I just think he comes across as cold and rude in these videos. Especially titling them “ignorant” and such.
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