I do appreciate your candor. It explains a lot.
If you believe God is so weak that he can not preserve his teachings for his children, why not place your faith in an institution, created by man, that will tell you what to believe and can make it up as you go (tradition).
That is a fair question, wmfights. The answer is I don't think that God is weak. And I do believe that He preserved His teachings. This does not elminate the fact that what we have of His word has nto been altered and tampered, or that various copies do not convey the same meaning, same detail, and as such do not lead to the same belief – but to many different interpretations, sects and even cults among those who call themselves Christians.
Likewise, there is no doubt that the Jews will tell you that your religion is false, because, as they say, man cannot become God (they neglect to ask if God can become man). We read the same Five Books of Moses differently from them, and we find in it what they dismiss as false.
Someone somewhere along the line is making things up as we go along. Probably all. Otherwise, we would all belong to the same Church.
You all should hear Scott Carroll some time. He's a teacher in Boston, I think, and he has and continues to study all the ancient manuscripts. He believes they are pretty true to what we have now. Sometimes we misinterpret the original words, though. He's been to our church several times and he's amazing to listen to. He pokes holes in our doctrine and theology with his knowledge of what the Bible says.