Recommend your holy scripts for Abaddon to read :)

It depends on what exactly you want , Abaddon . If you want to read a magnificent story that will give you an insight into Hinduism , then read the Ramayana or Mahabharata . If you want to see the source of most of the cultural assumptions of this age in Hinduism , then read the Bhagwad Gita and the Puranas . If , however , you want the philosophical side , you should read the Upanishads . And lastly , if you want to see the very core of the religion itself , read the Vedas , with only the Brahmanas acting as a commentary .

In all cases , read only a translation , without any commentary ( except in the case of the Vedas , where the Brahmanas are sufficient commentary ) .
 
please, rather than just give names, tell me what book these come from? i assume those are from the bible???
 
I'd recomend (besides some stuff already mentioned...) Mircea Eliade's History of Beliefs and Religious Ideas (i translated the title, the original was in french). It is an objective analysis of all of the religions throughout history. (actually, not all - he died before he had a chance to finish the thing ... it took him 35 years aprox to write the stuff and he didn't finish)

It taught me that all religions are the same thing basicaly, that all is revolving around one basic human need. And that the path(=religion) from Man to God is irelevant.

But, of course, since this is a purely objective book it depends on the way YOU interpret it. (i was astonished of how equall all religions are treated in that book... it was almost disturbing; i never found any other book like that)

He actually says in the preface that "I wrote about my personal beliefs in other books."
 
I just want to know what people actually believe/follow when they say "i am religion X"
 
Abaddon said:
please, rather than just give names, tell me what book these come from? i assume those are from the bible???
They're some of the most famous books of the Bible, yes. Genesis and Job are in the Old Testament, Revelations in the New.
 
Abaddon said:
please, rather than just give names, tell me what book these come from? i assume those are from the bible???
I linked to the morality book above, here are the others:
Ecclesiastes - the translation is a breath of fresh air. The book is a cynical, pessimistic view of life, meant as a reminder.
New Testament begins here.

A peek at Revelations, while fun, can be distracting if you start trying to figure it out on your own - way too many possible conclusions to come to.
 
The Bible.

I'll be a little more specific than that though. After all, who really wants to just read the records of the census of Israel in 1200BC? ;) I would suggest reading Genesis first, because it's the most imporant book because it sets everything up. It's rarely dull, and will give you a good base to continue off of. Next, you might want to read Exodus if you want to go chronologically. I would suggest that you definently read Ruth; and if you're interested in poetry perhaps Pslams and Song of Songs. Then let's skip the rest of the Old Testament and go to the New. I'd suggest you read all four Gospels, starting with John, then reading backwards through Luke, Mark and Matthew. (Why? Because you should start with the best; and you might lose interest if you have to read that whole chapter of geneologies in the first chapter of Matthew) All of the New Testament would be good to read, and is generally much easier to understand than the Old. I'd skip Revelations for now though, you're more than likely to just be confused by it. It's a rather hard to understand book.
 
"holy script" mearly ment i kept things open for every religion rather than having to list every different type of holy book in the title! ;)
 
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