The Mormons have an updated version of the bible, with tons of new chapters. I think that most are just very stuck in their own ways and don't want to change at all.

The bible says not to add to it or take away from it.

It is a closed canon because there was some specific criteria for ascertaining the validity of the revelation - specifically, associating the texts with the Apostle's teachings. The canonization process took generations and when complete, was considered to represent the Word of God, sufficient for all time and inspired by God. It does not preclude the possibility of new insights into that Word or fresh applications for new generations. However, the belief is that in the revelation, God is primarily disclosing Himself and His purposes in the person of Jesus Christ and that the truths embodied in Him are complete and unchanging. God does still speak, but when He speaks, it is in accord with His written Word. That is what most Christians believe, as I do, and I hope I have fairly represented it.

I am a christian and it is considered sacred to only use because the bible speaks of God and things we believe in. Christian means christ follower and to be a christ follower you need to read the bible. The bible can not be changed because the things that are written in it is things that we as christians are suppost to follow. They also call the bible Gods holy word. It is written by God through people like moses, luke, john, and other diciples and christ followers. If you have any other questions please e-mail me @ : wwhitney64@yahoo.com

I have wondered that myself. The best answer I have come up with is this: There were several hundred years between the end of the Old Testament and the birth of Christ where God raised up no prophets. I guess He'd said what He had to say and was just waiting for the time to be right to fulfill it. Now that Christ has come, the prophecy has been fulfilled and He has nothing to add to it. The full story has been written. Now we are just waiting for Him to decide that the time is right to return and separate the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats. So at this point, really the only thing God has to add is whether you or I are among the wheat or the chaff. That isn't for me to tell you. Only you know if you have accepted Christ and are interacting with Him at a personal level and following His teaching. Many modern day Christians do record their thoughts and interactions with God in daily prayer journals, but I think what they are hearing is much more on a personal level. It isn't meant for everyone. God may raise up another prophet to speak to all of us. But at this point I think the story has been told and we are only waiting for The End.

Those people would probably be considered crazy today.

"The belief that the Jewish and Christian Scriptures are "inspired" by God - that is, that their language and imagery are directly willed by God and commited to writing under his direction - is ancient and influencial. Yet the notion of a *text* whose production is directed by God belongs more to the world of Hellenistic/Jewish culture than to the earlier strata of Israel's traditions, in which Torah and prophecy are indeed the *direct speech* of God to his people, but are so primarily in the context of the Israelite community's liturgical and imaginative reflection on its own identity." "The legend of the divine inspiration of the LXX (-> Bible Versions) illustrates the shift to the view that the text,as a closed and determinate document, is the utterance of God." "Although the Christian communities were familiar both with ecstatic prophecy and with the autoritative teaching of the Lord through the ministry of the apostles, they rapidly came to share the prevailing view of textual inspiration, particularly in reaction to the private "inspirations" of Gnostic teachers and the extastic proclamations of Montanist charismatics. In this context, the inspired text serves as a tangible and common bond in "catholic" Christian groups over against the arbitrary Schwärmerei of the sects (-> Canon)." Source and further information: The Encyclopedia of Christianity http://books.google.com/books?id=yaecVMhMWaEC&pg=PA714&lpg=PA714&dq="inspired+text"+-bible+christian&source=web&ots=fyYUMQlYFE&sig=LvBSE14xRMqOo5ciosVASoQqWlQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA714,M1

Some Christians do have other sacred texts which they consider inspired by Yahweh. The Mormons would be one such group. Humans are much less superstitious and, thus, less gullible than they were in the past. It is far more difficult to pass yourself off as a prophet in modern times, and far easier to expose a hoax.

There are many other gospels that were suppressed by the nascent Catholic Church after the Roman Emperor declared Christianity the state religion and recognized the what is now the Roman Catholic church as the official church. (See "The Gospel of Thomas" and a myriad of others, many of which are referred to as the Gnostic Gospels.) The bible's gospels, such as John, were created well after Jesus' death and after the church was established; a creation to legitimize the Church. One glaring difference between John and Thomas is thus: Thomas says that the way to know God is to look within. John claims that the way to God is through the mother church. What does that tell you???

They don't need to. They never stop talking about it.

Hebrews 1:1-2 "God who at various times and in various ways spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son." Everything necessary for Salvation is in the Bible. He still speaks to people these days, but no longer in writing. He has been speaking in visions to people in iran in the thousands, and is reaching out where He has no witness.

many writers have written wonderful religious texts. but to date, NONE have risen to the level of cannonization... which is the requirement of being added to the bible