Re: The authors were inspired to write about God.
The darkness wants us to be misled in every way possible. The darkness wants us to be FOLLOWER PEOPLE (just like someone can choose to FOLLOW David Duke or Hitler, etc.).
The darkness wants us to simple minded non-thinkers that have a "rigor of devotion" (Timothy).
Before Paul was an apostle, he was the chief Pharisee..........................
...............................Who did the chief Pharisee persecute?.............NO, not "Christians"...there was no such thing at that time....the disciples of Jesus NOT "Christian" (Acts 9:2).
....................THEY DID NOT "FOLLOW" anything, they BELONGED TO the body that hung on the cross (they belonged to THE WAY.
The first description of Himself in John 14:6 is what?
"rigor of devotion" for FOLLOWERS.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=rigor+of+devotion&t=RSV#s=s_primary_0_1
Acts 9:2 so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem
"and in Antioch, the disciples were first called CHRISTIANS".
Uncovering the real truth is one thing, getting others to accept is another (it is considered subversive).