The contents of the current New Testament were determined in 367 CE/AD as a result of a pronouncement by Archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria, Egypt. Prior to that, different Christian communities used a variety of authoritative texts, many of which were not included in the New Testament. Recent discoveries have uncovered the enormous diversity of early Christianity including the Jesus, Christ and Gnostic Movements. This paper argues: (1) there should never have been a New Testament and (2) there should not have been this New Testament in particular. The paper suggests that the contents of the New Testament need to be opened up, just as the canon of western literature has been expanded to include the voices of those who have been excluded.