Any religious believer can develop a standard of inquiry and evaluation that can assist him or her in guarding self against religious authorities laying on them a false hermeneutics or flawed interpretation of religious texts. For instance, in the three monotheistic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, each tradition establishes assertively that their respective religious scriptures or texts are the de jure holy book because God Himself was responsible for providing it to their specific religious group. In the case of the Jews, the holy book called the Torah is asserted to be the only de jure holy book that God sanctions as God’s Own Words. Likewise, Christians assert that the Bible is the only de jure holy book that God sanctions as God’s Own Words. And the Muslims also assert that the Quran is the de jure holy book that God sanctions as God’s Own Words. In consequence any faithful religious believer joining any sect or division in any of these three religions is expected, mandated, and obligated to accept and uphold their religious group’s de jure holy book. This is a fundamental duty to be an active member in any of these religious groups. Yet, as we see evident, these religious authorities in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can abuse this claim of having God’s only approved and sanctioned holy book as well as the scholars and experts that specialize in interpreting it (hermeneutics). The best guard against being bullied, manipulated, and exploited by these religions, or any other religion, in regards to religious authorities being abusive by claiming the possession of de jure holy books is undertaking a reasonable, common sense research investigation into the background and origins of such books, especially the authorship issue.
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In all cases of these monotheistic religious traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the inquiry effort by any given believer into authorship is automatically shut down and forbidden because of this outrageous claim that God Himself is the principal author. This means the researcher who wants to explore the issue of authorship is committing a blasphemy for doubting that God is the author! It is the most fundamental form of abuse by religious authorities in all three of these monotheistic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Any religious believer who wants to double check the authenticity and genuineness of authorship is forbidden to do such a search because it is considered a violation of religious duty in each faith. These holy books must be accepted at face value and upheld as God’s official sanctioned words and instructions that are not human in nature or quality but are from God Himself! It is so important to understand how religious authorities can become so abusive and exploitative when religious believers are not able to question the authorship or authenticity of the very scriptures and texts that are being used to lay down rules, standards, and laws for religious followers to unconditionally obey without doubts, questions, or challenges! In addition to investigating and researching authorship issues, background, and origins of these holy books of any religious tradition, another important line of inquiry concerns the impact of past authorities on the hermeneutics. In other words, all these holy books of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were indeed framed and crafted in the context of political authorities and political leaders who were setting themselves as the authority figures promoting these religious traditions in their earlier times. For example, in Europe, these powerful monarchs had their employed scribes interpret the Bible from Greek and Hebrew sources, and these scribes were definitely influenced to write down what these monarchs felt was necessary and appropriate to validate and consolidate their own political stature, authority, and standing of those times. It can also be traced that the holy books of the Jews and Muslims were also in the hands of political authorities who were using it as the principal source of God sanctioning them as authorities and leaders. This is a historical research effort that can show that these holy books were shaped, framed, and used in the distant past as well as the present as sources to make laws, instructions, and guidelines for followers that are sanctioned by God Himself and therefore inviolable and infallible. It can be found that at one point in Christian history the Popes were considered
In all cases of these monotheistic religious traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the inquiry effort by any given believer into authorship is automatically shut down and forbidden because of this outrageous claim that God Himself is the principal author. This means the researcher who wants to explore the issue of authorship is committing a blasphemy for doubting that God is the author! It is the most fundamental form of abuse by religious authorities in all three of these monotheistic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Any religious believer who wants to double check the authenticity and genuineness of authorship is forbidden to do such a search because it is considered a violation of religious duty in each faith. These holy books must be accepted at face value and upheld as God’s official sanctioned words and instructions that are not human in nature or quality but are from God Himself! It is so important to understand how religious authorities can become so abusive and exploitative when religious believers are not able to question the authorship or authenticity of the very scriptures and texts that are being used to lay down rules, standards, and laws for religious followers to unconditionally obey without doubts, questions, or challenges! In addition to investigating and researching authorship issues, background, and origins of these holy books of any religious tradition, another important line of inquiry concerns the impact of past authorities on the hermeneutics. In other words, all these holy books of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were indeed framed and crafted in the context of political authorities and political leaders who were setting themselves as the authority figures promoting these religious traditions in their earlier times. For example, in Europe, these powerful monarchs had their employed scribes interpret the Bible from Greek and Hebrew sources, and these scribes were definitely influenced to write down what these monarchs felt was necessary and appropriate to validate and consolidate their own political stature, authority, and standing of those times. It can also be traced that the holy books of the Jews and Muslims were also in the hands of political authorities who were using it as the principal source of God sanctioning them as authorities and leaders. This is a historical research effort that can show that these holy books were shaped, framed, and used in the distant past as well as the present as sources to make laws, instructions, and guidelines for followers that are sanctioned by God Himself and therefore inviolable and infallible. It can be found that at one point in Christian history the Popes were considered