the gnostic gospels

Just wondering if anybody has read these (gospel of james, gospel of judas, gospel of mary, peters apocaylspe etc). I have just glanced through some of them and plan on reading what I can find online throughly within the upcoming weeks. Does anybody think that these are real or are they just fakes. Cause if they are real they will shake the foundations of the christian faith. They do that in part with me and makes me wonder what else was left out of the bible if these hold up chronologically with the rest of the bible. What I have read seems to be very interesting and goes against most christian beliefs like jesus and mary magdelenge were lovers (or married) and had kids etc. well let me know your thoughts on these, as I welcome any discussion of them before i start to read them.

I have pretty much read the whole book of revelations (apocalypse) it is indeed probably one of the toughest to understand out of the whole bible. A lot of it is IMO symbolical...take for example the mark of the beast, 666, however you want to call it. In revelations it states that one will not be able to conduct business or transactions of any kind without this mark. The placement of this "mark" is on the forehead or the right hand (Revelations 13:16-18). You may also read excerpts here:

http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/markbeas.htm

So this brings me to the next point is it really a mark or possibly an implanted chip that could be used to carry all your info. That brings then a good news release here:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Technology/story?id=1699462&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Be the judge...it all makes sense doesnt it? And the scary thing is this is something that was written many eons ago and is already in effect today.

i have also read revelation and daniel. I think that those people who had those chips implanted in there hands are stupid for thinking that the governments of the world and even the illumanti (secret societies that really control everything) do not know there every move. They are tracking devices. for we are as sheep led to the slaughter

Revelations is a very hard book to understand. I remember when I was younger I thought the mark of the beast ?666? was probably a tattoo of some sorts. And my Grandmother told me that her mother couldn?t imagine how if something happen on the other side of the world could be known about in a matter of minutes. Now we have Television, Radio and the Net. Just goes to show, time will tell