but then said : how can you , and by that i mean the church , any kristian church , how can you honestly assume the bible to be inviolate , to have traversedfrom the distant mouths of kristus , of david , of moses , and even from the mouth of god himselfpristinely and true to the original intent , across innumerable and not necessarily reliable or unscrupulous relays , across , as you put it , hundreds if not thousands of years , to have arrived here : as truth ?