Well on this point the Mormons are on the same page at least. Scriptures are not just the new and
old testament, nor just their book of mormon. Those in the know are also taught to read the writings
of the early church fathers, among other things. I could have even accepted old Irish testimonies
outside of the church, prechurch, if I had wanted to I was told. Though the book of mormon and the
bible has a higher place among them. Muslims are similar. They call some non-muslims "People
of the Book." That is people whose religion includes a set of scriptures. I am simplifying, but for
instance christians are perfected in islam, as would Jews be. But they also accept others as being
from god...to degrees. Of course it might be pointed out the condemnations of such groups in the
Holy Quran. Be that as it may, the Quran, like the bible, contradicts itself, despite Muslim claims
to the contrary.
If all scripture was dictated by a higher power and just transcribed by the authors then you'd really have something ironclad. Inspired sounds, to me, like it leaves room for some error, bias and just plain "wiggle-room." It sounds good but isn't 100% perfect.
Actually inspired means dictated in the manner you are speaking. The JWs are correct when
they say that it means "God Breathed." What they neglect to tell you is that the ancient belief
was that when a prophet spoke, or a poet, a singer, a painter worked, a sculpter, an orator, or
others, they were being worked through directly by the deities. Even if reading something that
had been written before, the goddess was directly speaking through the mouth of the person.
This explained to them the feelings the audience would feel when listening to someone speak,
read, sing or so forth. The breath of the god flowed out of the poet's mouth and into the bodies,
hearts, minds, and souls of the audience, thus affecting their emotions.