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But what you cannot do is claim that whatever you want to believe is in any way supported by the New Testament, or early Christianity, or the sayings of Jesus. That borders on false advertising.

Of course I can say that. There are things in Matthew Mark and Luke that support what I believe. There I said it(g). I do not believe - even if you do - that the Bible was translated correctly - nor do I believe that the disciples even understood much of what Jesus' taught and so even those things that are translated correctly aren't necessarily what Jesus taught.

And yes, I think that parts of the Bible were changed over the years for politcal reasons...your *proof* notwithstanding.

There are things in Matthew Mark and Luke that support what I believe.

And the things in Matthew Mark and Luke that contradict what you believe you will choose to ignore, right? And where Jesus quotes OT passages in M, M, and L that do not support what you believe, you will choose to believe that either (1) the disciples misunderstood, or (2) they were translated incorrectly, or (3) they were changed for other reasons. And even though Jesus was powerful enough to overcome death by the power of his own supernatural essence of LOVE, he was either incapable of or didn't care enough to preserve the integrity of His teaching in what the disciples wrote.

I do not believe - even if you do - that the Bible was translated correctly - nor do I believe that the disciples even understood much of what Jesus' taught and so even those things that are translated correctly aren't necessarily what Jesus taught.

But fortunately, you are insightful enough based on your transcendent understanding that "God is LOVE" to discern which parts of the Bible were translated correctly and/or which parts can be discarded.

And yes, I think that parts of the Bible were changed over the years for politcal reasons...your *proof* notwithstanding.

Because you through your incredible insight and discernment can understand that certain parts were changed even though you have not seen any documentary indication of what was changed, nor what it said before it was changed.

You can't have read the essential scholarship on this one - the proof is unchallenged (except by the Jesus Project crowd, who have an axe to grind, and the feminist loons, who also have an axe to grind.)

As for your saying you believe in some things but not in others . . . I suppose you think you can pick and choose from what you want and reject as 'changed for political reasons' the stuff you don't agree with. But that's no basis for textual analysis.

Sorry, the Bible is not a Chinese menu.