Conveying Truth In Books

THE FIRST WORD in the Quran, I am told, is "read". An admonition from the prophet to read. A great way to begin a book, certainly. Then, I am told, as you read the book, the wisdom keeps coming at you; encouraging love, tolerance, acceptance, individual autonomy, all kinds of good ideas. And, of course, the same is true of all the other various and sundry scriptural holy books around the world. They contain great wisdom, along with a lot of interesting insights into ancient culture. Comparing the words in these books to the behavior of the very people who claim to adhere to their teachings reveals that people are emotional, sometimes self deceptive, always clever beings, always seeking justification for the satisfaction of their desires from some higher source, and that books, and whatever they contain, are meaningful only in context of the interpretations of those who read them. it is not easy for us contemporary folk to agree on the meanings in books, or even in each other's comments. Surely there must be a better way to convey eternal, immutable truth other than in books.