Allah'u'Abha! (GOD is Glorious!)
Religion has nothing to do with East or West. It simply means a set of beliefs, practices and observances of faith, especially servile, dominant, restricted and emanating from unprecedented, inevident and unscientific orthodoxical claims pertaining to supernatural deity or deities.
Oh? I'm referring to Eastern concept of religion, which had a tendency to be all-encompassing of daily life and values, whilst the Western concept of religion, which separates it from state and from other areas of life. Perhaps I'm wrong, but that is what I have always learned, because of the rigidness of Western monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Baha'i Faith) and Eastern religions (Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism) which allow fluidity.
In reality, and the truth is, that there are numerous religions, all of which are nothing more than human affairs. There is no such thing as Religion of GOD but System of Nature within which life is dictated, dedicated and dependent and that is Reality; the crux of which is ?what you see is what you get?.
I personally believe that Nature itself abide by the Laws of GOD evidently, and that which does not abide usually does not progress. There are numerous religions, but the main ones have always spoken (well, moreso the Prophets/Manifestations of GOD: Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, etc.) of one essence (monism) or a single personal being (monotheism). They all agree of One Source that brought everything into being, and that is why all religions are merely variations. But if you believe otherwise, go ahead! ^__^
?Words of GOD? itself is superstition connected with superficial rituals; the ambiguousness and incredibility of religiosity palpitated by wishfully malicious humans.
I doubt that the writers of these Sacred Words are anything malicious. Guru Nanak's Guru Granth Sahib is filled with nothing but praises of GOD and descriptions (of what humans can attempt to describe) of HIS nature. The "Seven Valleys" and the "Four Valleys" of the Baha'i Faith is nothing but explications on how to reach GOD within. The Bhagavad Gita is a great poem filled with philosophical expressions of Reality and the description of True Reality. When I say "Words of GOD," I mean mainly the Scriptures of the Manifestations: Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab and Baha'u'llah. There were other wonderfully inspired people whom I believed did have Divine Inspiration.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, I believe is divine, as well as the Guru Granth Sahib, the Dao De Jing, and others.
That is a contradictory statement and a desperate one at best.
I withdraw the statement, sorry! But the "perhaps" was to outline the unsurity of any human judgement, as GOD alone can be the true Judge.
In the name of which GOD and Most Pure of What?
There is only one GOD to me, and He is the Most Pure of all. That is what the statement comes, and it comes from the Writings of the Manifestation of God (Prophet of God), Baha'u'llah.
What I was trying to say though, is that religion in Western thinking has always seen it as a separate institutionalised "organism," and that religions should not be viewed that way, but rather as a Dharmic concept. ^__^
Peace!

Kevyn.