re: Checking in on the “keep prayer out of school” crowd

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No, you are the liar, and a poor one at that.

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I cant help you. Youre not capable of comprehending

The Pericope Adulterae was removed, because scribes didnt want to send the message that Christ condoned adultery. It was reinserted later. But the story itself is confirmed in Christian writings from 95AD on

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“Certain persons of little faith, or rather enemies of the true faith, fearing, I suppose, lest their wives should be given impunity in sinning, removed from their manuscripts the Lord's act of forgiveness toward the adulteress, as if he who had said, Sin no more, had granted permission to sin” [Augustine, De Adulterinis Conjugiis 2:6–7]

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* The Codex Bezae records it circa 400AD
* Its also recorded in the Papias circa 95AD
* The Didascalia Apostolorum circa 200AD
* Commentary from Didymus circa 381AD
* Gospel of the Hebrews circa 110AD
* Codex Vaticanus displays a mark indicating there is an alternative reading at this point.
* Jerome said it was in many manuscripts in both Greek and Latin
* Augustine, stated that some skipped the passage to avoid the idea that Christ sanctioned adultery.

Clearly it was recorded and these later authors added it to their writings. Just because someone cant find the orginal manuscript of John doesnt mean it wasnt there at the writing

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The oldest surviving manuscript of any part of the New Testament is a papyrus fragment containing part of John 18. Scholars estimate that it was written about 125 AD.

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