Do other religions go by books, like christians go by the bible?

Question

What I mean is, are there like different bibles for different religions, if so what religion and where did it come from? Do they claim to be the word of God too?

Answer 1

Yes, many other religions do follow a holy book. The Jewish holy book(s) is (are) called the Tanakh, which includes the Torah, and contains 39 books of what Christians call the Old Testament. See http://www.new-life.net/talmud.htm . The Muslim holy book is the Qur'an (also spelled "Koran"), which is believed to be the word of God as given to the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel. See http://www.wagoneers.com/LivingByFaith/Islam_notes.html . Hinduism does not have a "single" holy book because it was not founded by a specific individual (like Jesus, Mohammed, or the Buddah). However, some Hindu holy books include the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana, which are part of the Vedas. See http://www.shaivam.org/hipscrip.htm . The Hindu holy books are not necessarily the word OF God but often stories ABOUT God (just as some of the Gospels are stories about Christ written by others). The Buddhist holy book is known as the Tipitaka. See http://www.buddhanet.net/ans66.htm .

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Answer 2

In Hinduism they follow the vedas.Veda means wisdom in Hindu.

In Buddhism they follow Tipitaka or Three Baskets.After Budda died the follwers wrote his teachings of leaves and placed them in three baskets.

In Sikhism the follow the Guru Granth Shib.Which are a collection of holy verses.They believe the book is the living word of G-d.They use a chari( animal hair fan) to clean it off as they read it.

In Judaism we follow the Torah.Which is the first five books of Moses.Torah means Law in hebrew.It contains the beginnig of time and rules to daily life.

The christians use the Bible.Which contains the old and the new testement.The old testiment is sacred to us the jews and also the moslims.

In Islam they follow the Qur' an which is believed that its g-ds word which was memorized by muhamound.

Answer 3

In the beginning, man was formed. That much is pretty much true for all religions. The differences between the religions begin to sprout up shortly after this part, though. And rightly so, since it is the design of Satan to cause confusion, to raise false priests who oppress, to buy up armies and navies of men who reign with blood and horror on this earth.

So the minds of men have been inspired, or rather de-spired by Satan and the confusions he has caused to come upon man. Every religion has their own program, then. Even among those who claim to abide by one book, they have different interpretations of that book that causes their doctrines to be different from others who use that same book.

And you will find them disputing against pretty much any matter except one. There is only one thing their traditions all have in common, and it is pretty much universal. They will have disputations among them regarding just about any point of doctrine you can think of, but when it comes to opposing the Saints of God, his true fold, they all will join in purpose to declare their independence from them!

Because Satan hates the authority of God, as long as he is not allowed to have it. And he isn't, so he inspires men to oppose it.

Answer 4

Most religions seem to have a (or some) texts that outline basic beliefs/values and sometimes history (see link below).

As I understand it most do not claim to be 'the word of God' since either that particular faith (such as Buddhism or Taoism) has no personal god that equates to the Biblical one, the book (or books) summarise the teachings of the founder or simply outline of the belief structure to be followed.

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Answer 5

I can only speak for Wicca, but we have no "holy book" equivalent to the Bible -- our "sacred text" is the Earth itself. We generally believe that Deity is accessible to all and therefore requires no holy book to lead one there.

Wiccans have only one shared commandment, the Wiccan Rede: "If you harm none, do what you will." There are certain other beliefs that Wiccans have in common, and some few texts that are widely used but not taken as absolute holy writ, but those are beyond the scope of your question.

Answer 6

Jews have the torah
Hindus have the vedas



lost.eu/21618

Answer 7

We go by direct experience.

www.meditationthai.org

Answer 8

Some do, some don't.