What cuts did Christianity make to the Bible?
<p>Around 180 A.D., the pagan writer Celsus <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/nt/65/3/article-p400_7.xml" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">notes</a> they “alter the original text of the Gospel three or four or many times, and modify it in order to be able to reject criticisms.”</p>
<p>Around 400 A.D., the Christian translator Jerome, likewise, <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Making_of_the_New_Testament/khHjV4RmngUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22write+down+not+what+they+find+but+what+they+think+is+the+meaning%22&pg=PA235&printsec=frontcover" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">complains</a> that Christian copyists “write down not what they find but what they think is the meaning…”</p>
<p>I was raised Christian, and told the Bible is “inerrant.” What I see now is that if an original text survived, it would be a miracle.</p>
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