People can't help but editorialise and put their own spin on things, it's human nature. It was THEIR faith which moved them, not a possesion by a spirit or the voice of God whispering in their ear (things which today are considered mental illness), and coming from men and a committee of men it can't help but be tainted by the imperfect hand of man. That would be the best that could be said about the authors' motivations; the worst, and certainly likely in some cases, is that they wrote and/or compiled the text to maintain positions of power over superstitious people with no divine instruction at all. If God exists, and I think he probably does, He gave me my intellect to look for logical proof of His works rather than believe in the constructs of men who can only say, "Well it just is." We weren't given our intelligence to then just cast it aside for blind faith, we were created with questioning minds to seek out truths which can be backed up by hard evidence. This world is a much worse place from people who have deluded themselves into believing they're God's agents or twisting "the word of God" to their own ends instead of just trying to get along with their fellow man. Yeah, yeah, I know it's not about this world and our troubles, but that's what we're stuck with until we get to see what happens after this life.