The only way to make the claim "the Bible has been tampered with" is if one already knows what the original text said in the first place.
One doesn't know what a crooked line is until they have a straight line to compare all other lines with. Same with counterfeit money. The only way one knows a dollar bill is a counterfeit (or has been changed) is to already know what a true dollar looks like.
To say "the Bible has been changed" is tacitly admitting that you know what the original said.
It's a self defeating argument.
The issue of why some books were admitted and others were not (the Cannon) is an entirely different discussion.
The only way to make the claim "the Bible has been tampered with" is if one already knows what the original text said in the first place.
One doesn't know what a crooked line is until they have a straight line to compare all other lines with. Same with counterfeit money. The only way one knows a dollar bill is a counterfeit (or has been changed) is to already know what a true dollar looks like.
To say "the Bible has been changed" is tacitly admitting that you know what the original said.
It's a self defeating argument.
The issue of why some books were admitted and others were not (the Cannon) is an entirely different discussion.