A closed scriptural canon tends to come with an attached belief that God no longer speaks. Now, society is organic and a changing thing, and all religions will naturally be organic and changing because of that. Hence even religions with a closed canon such as Judaism still have the Talmud and the oral Torah. Its impossible to have one solid set of unchanging beliefs in a changing world. The challenge is to make sure that as beliefs change, they stay in line with God's will.
A change to a religion must come through God, man, or the devil. Without a God who speaks, without a belief in an open canon, the door to divine guidance is closed. Man can do good things, of his own agency, and a worldly change to a religion may very well be a good thing; many worldly churches do much good. But without active divine guidance, the church will suffer moral entropy. It takes an outstanding leader/congregation to fight against that decay, indeed, such is a nearly futile endeavor against a powerfully manipulative devil. Those who keep their churches pure against such deserve our respect.
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