# Without answers, why religion?

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**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-answers-why-religion/943909 "2021-06-09T16:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-answers-why-religion/943909/181 "2021-09-20T06:44:49Z")

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Okay now I’m curious. What is not worth resurrecting the thread for?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-answers-why-religion/943909/182 "2021-10-25T19:58:59Z")

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> [@Biffster](#):
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> all the books that were filtered out by the Council of Nicene

No books were either included or excluded at the Council of Nicaea. I am not sure where that canard came from, (it was popular with Jack Chick), but the development of the Christian Canon dates as far back as the second century and ends after the Nicene Council. The Council of Nicaea admonishes that Scripture must be accepted, but make no reference to which books are Scripture.

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