Nice try at deflection, but I’ll go with Jesus Christ’s Jesus Christ.
We’re to read the word, not take the ravings of men.
He declared himself to be the only way, and then proved it.
We either proclaim him as he presented himself, or we are not his. There is no option to keep it hidden.
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Men listened to the words, and eventually men wrote down the words. Since that time, men have interpreted, edited, embellished and manipulated those words - for political power, for personal gain, for matters of convenience.
Speaking of deflections... Do you believe that to get freedom, you have to give it?