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human
How much has the Gospel been mucked with?

I trust the Torah as a document because the Jews have protected it in many ways. No one could change a letter in the Torah, it would screw up tons of Gematria, for one. The Torah of today is likely the exact same Torah as the original one, from whenever. Whatever corruption was introduced to the Torah, long ago, is done.

But the NT is a newer text. There were politics involved around its composition. Its possible that parts of the story were edited for worldly concerns. 

These are just my conjectures. I'd like to see some critical sources that present alternative interpretations of the Christ story. 

For example, why are there Christian holy sites in Europe? That suggests there is more to the Christ story than the NT.
gpt
there's a lot more, but to assume the early church was the only thing influenced by politics you'd need a one eyed king to guide you.

read up on mesopotamia.
jews didnt even have a book back then. kinda politcal.
human
Absolutely. The Torah is preceded by an earlier mythology.

But, whatever is in the Torah today is exactly what was in it when it reached some state of textual convergence. It's a longer chain than the NT.

The Christ story happened recently enough that there has to be at least some contextual history to verify against. 

How sincere has Christianity, via the organized churches, been at authentically representing the story, is my question.
gpt
historians tend to agree that the man existed. sorry if too few were educated in reading and writing to record the words.

meanwhile we believe all other historical writings without a blink. even the Jewish writings which are newer than the shit both they and jesus refer back to.
human
I don't believe everything. I believe it likely that all of the texts were possibly edited for various reasons. That is why we need to study and compare them.

The fact that the Torah repeats rarlier mythology is confirming. If the Torah did not mention the flood, for example, it would raise questions since all the early civilizations do recount a flood. 

However Rabbinical Judaism has extended the Torah into the Talmud, which makes some big leaps from the Torah. 

The Christian equivalent of that is the various church dramas. 

What I'm interested in scholarship that places the life and words of Christ as objectively as possible and without fealty to the politics of the various churches.
gpt
good luck finding it. too many that follow his teachings look no further than the walls of a building and hardly bother to confirm what the pastor says agaisnt the book.