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I wasn't arguing the proof that it is the Word of God - I was pointing out the obvious foolishness of people saying "THIS is the Word of God!", then saying "The stuff we make up has just as much authority as the Word of God!" Re your other point, it CAN BE interpreted in more than one way because the subject is incredibly complicated - theology is about "ultimate knowing." There is another reason for differing interpretation - turf/empire building and extracting money - the nonsense about purgatory being an example - can you see what's behind that?

The Jesus Seminar claims that the Gospels were "just made up." Since we don't know who, when, where or why they were written, they may be newer than other Christian writings that we have. The very idea of the New Testament is a result of later reflection on the value of certain documents. Someone had to "make up"-- the canon: to decide which writings were equal to the Scriptures that Jesus and the Apostles had at their disposal. Regarding Purgatory, you are putting too much strress on a doctrine that was but the departure point in the contraversy between Luther and Rome. The doctrine itself was not "made up" to make money for the Church, but arose naturally from the evident fact that most people are not saints or reprobates but people whose lives are worthy of both praise and blame.