When I hear people discussing religion, it seems that the Torah, Koran, and Holy Bible are the three main texts discussed. Are there any other texts that religions are founded on? Or are they the three most important?
2006-09-24 17:26:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course other religions also have their own texts to read.
Buddhists, Sihks, Hindies, Gnostics, Pagans, and Farsis all have their own books.
2006-09-24 17:32:05 · answer #1 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question and yes there are more!!! In fact today in Church the Guest speaker actually said their are over 26 different Books each based on Religion. The one I reccomend is a good Translation of THE BiBLE like New King James or THE NEW Living Translation which has words that are more commonly used and Put together in Today's World.
2006-09-25 00:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can read sacred texts from various religions online at:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/index.htm
These are some that I find interesting
Guru Granth Sahib - Sikh
http://www.sikhs.org/english/frame.html
Zend Avesta - Zoroastrian
http://www.sacred-texts.com/zor/index.htm
Hindu sacred texts include a diverse array of hymns, epics, and ritual and social instructions, among other elements. Hindu sacred texts fall into one of two categories: sruti ("heard") or smruti ("remembered"). Sruti scriptures are considered divinely inspired and fully authoritative for belief and practice, while smruti are recognized as the products of the minds of the great sages.
However, smruti texts often carry almost as much authority as sruti, and the religion of the older sruti texts bears little resemblence to modern Hinduism and is largely unknown to the average Hindu. Nevertheless, the sruti are still held in very high regard and portions are still memorized for religious merit. The only texts regarded as sruti are the Vedas, which include both ancient sacrificial formulas and the more philosophical Upanishads.
http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/texts.htm
Bible: http://www.blueletterbible.org
Qur'an: http://www.quransearch.com
2006-09-25 03:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Torah, Koran, and Bible are not more important than other religious writings... they are getting a lot of attention right now because the people who claim to live by them--that would be the children of the God of Abraham--are all busy trying to kill each other in God's name at the moment.
2006-09-25 00:32:07 · answer #4 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are the most important for the "3" main religions and all the sects of those religions. But there are many others: The Book of Mormon, the Bhagavad-gita, Sayings of Confucious, THe Prose Edda...
2006-09-25 01:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by inzaratha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey whynotaskdon,shut up about Islam.The Quran is pure and clear forever.There are scripture of the Quran that is found in Palestine and some place in Arabia. dated 1000 thousand years ago and it content are as the same as that Muslim read now.
Do you know that there are some scrolls that is missing in the Bible and found in the Dead Sea Scroll?STOP BEING HYPOCRITE!
Sorry for not being an answer.
2006-09-25 02:16:25 · answer #6 · answered by Green Lantern 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many other Books or Tablets of Teachings of other faiths.
The Quaran has NO SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTS AT ALL!
All were intentionally destroyed.
The Ancient Scrolls are still being found (Dead Sea Scrolls etc.) to prove the authenticity of the Old Testament.
Many Scrolls and tablets are still being found to prove the New Testament information.
http://www.toughlove.faithweb.com/jewish_christian_roots.htm
2006-09-25 00:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is also the bhagavad gita it is a holy hindu book very sacred. there is the witches bible to for of course witches. The book of mormon latter day saint christians. etc etc...
2006-09-25 00:34:39 · answer #8 · answered by kalisilverstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sri Guru Granth Sahib (holy book of Sikhism)
Bhagavad Gita (Hindu holy book)
The Analects (Confucianism)
The Book of Mormon (Mormons)
Dianetics (Scientology)
Talmund (Jewish book of law, etiquette, discussions, etc.)
Tao-Te-Ching (Holy book of Taoism)
Zend Avesta (Holy Zoroastrian book)
2006-09-25 01:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Have you read each of them? The only way to understand all is to understand each.
2006-09-25 00:30:11 · answer #10 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋