I personally don't believe that the Bible is the only scripture that can teach us spiritual knowledge. There are scriptures that are thousands of years older that exist today, and can take a lifetime to read and study. Anyone out there familiar with any of these scriptures?
2006-07-07 14:24:05 · 8 answers · asked by nara c 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I agree, I'm familiar with a few, but I believe that all religions hold some truth to the divine or else I don't believe they would have as many followers. No two people are the same so, what makes us believe that any two people worship the same? I believe some people over simplify God and therefor miss the point all together, there are too many lazy, scared people trying to pass themselves off as so called true believers. The only reason I can see why a person should care how another person worships their God is if they are worried that they could be wrong and that person could be right.
2006-07-07 14:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 01:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course! Practically all religions have their specific texts. Try the Quran for starters...it has a lot of good stuff in it, as well as the perhaps now better-known "war verses." Also, something you will find in common amongst many scriptures, they tend to agree on certain things--the golden rule of "do unto others" seems to be a common theme, the 10 Commandments of the Torah are another thing you see in many other texts, or at least parts of them; not to forget the belief in some form of after life--be it a heaven or reincarnation and some form of accountability for what we do in this life.
I personally think if you eliminate all of the supernatural stuff in the many texts, you can extract a secular set of rules to live by. You don't kill unnecessarily, you don't steal, lie or cheat, you treat others the way you want to be treated, you help those less fortunate than yourself if you can, you try not to judge others or expect to be judged yourself, try to live in peace with your neighbor, respect your parents, respect other forms of life and the environment, give to your government what every citizen should give and expect in return what every government should give its citizens--these ain't bad things.
2006-07-07 14:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by William E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are gnostic Gospels out there. I have read the Gospel of Mary Magdelene. It gives a better insight into Jesus the human being, the man.
Also, try Conversations with God Book I,II, and III......if your dogmatic...these might be a stretch for you. Takes an open mind.
2006-07-07 14:28:49 · answer #4 · answered by slycher2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read as many as I could, and have never heard anything that made more sense than this. Harm none, do what ye will. This is a paraphrase of course. Yet, it boils down to, Live, and be good.
2006-07-07 14:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found 'A Course in Miracles' to be very helpful. Also, lots of Zen books are good -- look at '3 Pillars of Zen' for some good info.
2006-07-07 14:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the book of Jude, which is in the Bible quotes from the book of enoch, which is not and call enoch a prophet. so i recomend that. i think im going to give the koran a try too
2006-07-07 14:30:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the bhagwat geeta
2006-07-07 14:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by anoop_pattat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋