If all religious books were destroyed, lets say 1000 years ago, what would you base your beliefs on?

Answer 1

The inherent spirituality and sense of humanity and commonality that is in all of us.....

Religions tend to want to stifle that in the quest for total control of your mind. I suppose it works for a large section of our populations.

Great question.

Answer 2

This question was already addressed by the great Bishop of Lyon, St. Irenaeus in his debate against the Gnostics. The Gnostics attempted to support their wayward doctrines by a secret tradition known only to a few. In contrast, the early Church tradition was held by all, above board and known to the entire Church:

St. Irenaues writes:

"For how should it be if the apostles themselves had not left us their writings? Would it not be necessary to follow the course of the tradition which they handed down to those whom they did commit the Churches?"
Against Heresies III 4:1 (AD 180)

In other words, I would follow the tradition of the Church which has been handed down by the faithful generation to generation.

Or in the words of St. Paul:

"Stand firm and Hold to the traditions which you have been taught by us, whether by word of mouth or by letter"
2 Thess 2:15"

Answer 3

The only thing I would have to base my beliefs on is what was handed down to me by my parents. I believe, when I got older, I could compare the idea's my parents gave me with those of the people around me and decide for myself which was best. I would certainly believe in a God even if I had never been taught it because of how intricate the world is. To me, it could not have happened by accident. ( My dad is a major outdoorsman, and he is always pointing out the details in nature and how everything balances everything else. For every season there is food.- he does not show it to me because of God but because of his interests in nature)

Answer 4

What I'm trying to base my beliefs on now: Perception, contemplation, meditation to quiet the noisy stuff in my mind, and intuition. In other words, it would come from somewhere within myself: I believe that whatever spirit may be within us has much to impart, if only could give it a clear path.

And if that doesn't work, there's always The Force.

Answer 5

Science fails us.

Family lives on tradition.

My intuition only guides by experience.

My meditations ponder only what I have sensed.

I can only rely on what the Holy Spirit moves me to know, feel and do. Therefor, I have to go with the Holy Spirit. Those that refered to the Bible's word not going away, glory to God.

This first passage tells us that God is known through His creation.

Rom 1:18-20 For God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God himself has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes-his eternal power and divine nature-have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.

This second part of the passage, lets us know the pitfalls of thinking that the creation is the thing to worship and place our faith.

Rom 1:21-25 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their ignorant hearts were darkened. Though claiming to be wise, they became fools. and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles. For this reason, God gave them over to impurity to follow the lusts of their hearts and to dishonor their bodies with one another. They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

God always has an answer to the what ifs, if only we study the word.

Grace and Peace to you.

Answer 6

Science

Answer 7

The spoken word of those books. Although "God"
Would probably end up being a 15 armed 6 legged silly goose.


Good question though really..

I don't know I guess I'd worship Al Gore.

Answer 8

In fact we find once again that the Qur’an actually makes a claim of preservation. There are numerous verses that make this claim, the most definitive being:

"We have without doubt, send down the message; and We will assuredly guard it(from corruption)." The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 15, Verse 9

In this verse, Allah promises that He Himself has taken on the responsibility of preserving the Qur’an. Unlike the Rabbis and Priests to whom the responsibility of preserving the previous scriptures was given, Allah is of course free of faults and perfectly able to guard His Word.

Answer 9

Sorry. but not all "religious" books are true, and the Word of God is protected by God Himself. So until the end of time, the true Word of God will always be present on earth.

No one can go against the Will of God.
If God say "Yes", who could say " No"?
No one.

Please think of it.

Answer 10

you might as well ask what would breathe if all the air was destroyed 1000 years ago.
Try destroying a person's religion. Try taking away their art; their music or their ideals.
You can't
God gave us the right to express our faith and teach their young, no one can ever, ever, EVER take it away.

Answer 11

I'm with Diamond. Nature all the way. You don't need a book to feel Divinity within nature.