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Why do so many judeo christian religions have different bibles?

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Right or wrong, I consider myself reasonably well versed in a number of religious topics. From the Council of Carthage where they assembled the modern bible, to the fiction of Jesus real birth day (by a pope, as was mentioned here, 270 years after the last known book of the Bible was written).

Now, while reading wikipedia, I find that many different branches of Christianity have very different books. Then there is the whole "lilith" thing, Adam's first wife (in Judaism, however, Christianity doesn't have a first wife story).

Why all the differences, if indeed the Council of Carthage was "inspired by god"? I'd love a straight answer on this one. The other major issue is, similar to the differences in bibles, the depictions of Jesus I saw in Monte Negro from 1,000 years ago were of a dark skinned man. All the "Jesus" pictures I've seen in the US are of a white guy with brown hair. So, why the discrepancy? Did racism color American Christianity? And did politics, not God, color the picking & choosing of the ultimate book?