It just hit me the other day. With all these religions and the controversy surrounding them, how is it that anyone could believe in any religious text. I'm not talking about some metaphysical philosophy that is derived from a personal experience for the person experiencing it. There is no way to prove or disprove to you something that is all in your head. What you experience is part of who you are. No, what I'm talking about is those people that follow text that was passed to them as proof of the divine. It struck me as odd that anyone would follow a book or collection of books or even notes from someone else that doesn't keep up to date.
Take for example any holy text currently in existence that states anything at all about how you should behave. This behavior for all intents and purposes sets in stone the proper actions of the human species, but it fails to take into account the evolving social, political, and economic ramifications from those actions. Text such as these promote stagnation of mind and body. The reason this came to me was simple. I woke up and realized one morning that holy text is stagnant. It may be time honored and timeless in the sense that it can draw upon ones emotions, but the problem with the text is that has a beginning and an ending. Holy text has always been about some other time, future or past, and not about the now. If a holy text does not include the things that are happening right now at this very moment, and it cannot incorporate the things that are contemporary, how can it be considered reliable? If the text does not include recent events or events from the very distant past, if the text does not address the contradictions it has with reality, how can it be considered reliable?
Divine text should be current and include answers to things from the past as well as the things from the now. Holy text should be historically accurate, otherwise it's a lie. Holy text should be able to solve problems that do not create new problems, otherwise it's not divine. Holy text should not be perishable. It should be mutable, adaptable, and accommodating to all those who come into contact it. Holy text should already be translated into every language, otherwise it's just elitist politicking to control the masses.
Picking up a holy text in a language that you don't understand should be a good clue that the text is not divine. If you can't read it, then it's just words from another language. If you can't read at all then the text should make itself clear to you no matter your capacity to discern the text. If you are blind, then touching the text should be enough to know its contents.
If anyone is left out of the knowing of a holy text, then it is not divine. If the text itself cuts down or separates those worthy of knowing or perishing, the text is more elitist politicking and not divine. If the text leaves confusion or mis-interpretations that advise people to work in contrary ways, it is not divine.
What is the criteria for a divine book?
There is a partial answer that is simple enough. It's not real, but in a sense it may be only thing that could come close to being considered divine. Written in the cosmic ether is the book that is known as the Akashic Records. It's the database of everything. It is the infinite that must contain everything, including itself. This imaginary book is the some total of all that is and all that ever was. It contains not just the records of events, of places, people, and things, but it contains the thoughts and emotions of everyone. However, it falls short of being divine because it cannot explain the future or even be a guide for the future. It cannot solve problems. And because it doesn't exist in any real sense, it is just a nice fantasy.
Holy text should be the ultimate solution to everything. It should have all the answers. It should already be known to all living beings. It should be part of everyone. Any deviation caused by holy text will disqualify it from being divine. Holy text should allow for both freedom and life to exist outside of its strictures, but also incorporate and embrace those outside into its scriptures. Holy text should be everything to everyone and allow for a holy life to be lived in any form that life requires. In short, holy text should be universal. Holy text should be acceptable by all by virtue of is undeniableness. If anyone can reject it in any way, the text is not divine.
And so, because there is no text that I know of that is divine and holy, it is automatically disqualified, and the divine text does not exist.