Examining the Texts of Some the World’s Religions

If God were to write a book, what would it be like? How could we recognize it among several other books purported to be from God as well? For a variety of reasons the quest to find answers to these questions usually doesn’t progress beyond this point for most people. Two general conclusions result: (a) all religious books are on the same plane, originating from man (b) all religious writings have some truth about God but not all the truth. But if God were to communicate to man through written words, it is counter intuitive to assume God would have sprinkled truth concerning Himself among several conflicting sources expecting man to sort out what fragment of truth to add to the truth pile. This brings us to the second question I posed, how could we recognize God’s book from among other writings that claim to come from God also?

Whatever your idea about God may be, we can agree that God knows all truth and therefore is right about all things. So if God were to write a book, it would be free from error. Well, let’s apply at least two objective categories of study that can be applied to all religious writings, and assume that if a writing came from God, it would have to be 100 % accurate, 100 % of the time with each category, and the writing that met this criteria would by definition be the book originating from God.  Therefore, I will put five major religious writings of the world to the test against science and history to determine their accuracy in each category. So let’s put the Apocrypha, Koran, Watch Tower Society, Book of Mormon, and the Bible, writings given divine origin, to the test which one meets the criteria suggested.