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Publicly, Origen claimed scripture was unchanged except by heretics but privately he fumed about all the differences and changes

Publicly, Origen claimed scripture was unchanged except by heretics but privately he fumed about all the differences and changes | "Scripture contains many contradictions, and many statements which are not literally true, but must be read spiritually and mystically."; Early Church Father, Origen of Alexandria (also known 
as Origen Adamantius) 
From his Commentary on 
John, Book 10, Chapter 4; In other words, 
Christianity is just another mystery religion,
one of hundreds from ancient history.
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"The differences among the manuscripts have become great, either through the negligence of copyists or through the perverse audacity of others; they either neglect to check over what they transcribed, or, in the process of checking, they make additions or deletions as they please." Origen, Commentary on Matthew, 15.14.

So when confronted by a nonbeliever's accusation, Origen denies that Christians ever changed any texts, but when writing to his fellow Christians, he complains about the exact same thing himself! This was a VERY common charge amongst Christians in the first 300 years. And considering that Origen was condemned as a heretic himself, who knows what he considered true or false in regards to his mystery religion?

Recommended reading:
Bart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus
Bart Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture (here he carefully details examples of the "official" Church scribes quietly changing the scriptures to make them less useful to heretical arguments and bring them more in line with their own dogma. Some manuscripts even have notes in the margins about this ...

The BuyBull simply cannot be trusted. No one NO ONE back then thought any of it was holy scripture and felt free to alter any portion to say whatever they wanted. Today, there are more differences between the manuscripts of the BuyBull than there are words in the entire New Testament.
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"Scripture contains many contradictions, and many statements which are not literally true, but must be read spiritually and mystically."; Early Church Father, Origen of Alexandria (also known as Origen Adamantius) From his Commentary on John, Book 10, Chapter 4; In other words, Christianity is just another mystery religion, one of hundreds from ancient history. Even the early church fathers knew it . . .