Yeah, roman catholics kinda do be that way, they get into some freaky stuff, which is probably why it would be a good idea to publicly open all of the tomes they have locked away, so discernment can be used against it and verified, hell it could even confirm that nothing was manipulated, imagine that.

If my assertion is that the words could have been manipulated, is to use those same manipulated/mistranslated words as a basis of truth?

You can do better that that. Consider this:

You could say "God would not allow a man to write wrongs into the word of God". Yet... did God not give us free will? A free will to choose, to choose to be Godly in spirit, and sow spiritual . God does not prevent evil humans from raping other humans and draining their adrenochrome for the elites to feast upon, by the same token, God chooses not to force man to holiness. As long as words are written by man, they are subject to scrutiny and discernment; except, these are tenants that are brought by the same words I bring under assertion.

You must realize, that whatever your concept of God, must be one where God must stand idly by while a 3 year old is raped and eaten alive whilst she is crying for a savior. That is not to say that God is wrong, or bad, but it must prove that God has chosen to allow man freedom of spirit and will (choice is not without consequence, spiritual or physical), and that God does not interfere with mans ability to choose and have free will, and that God never, ever, crosses that line, and with discernment, we can at least know the words about man being created with free will, are true.