Which religious texts do you own?

[Halcyon]

Bible, Bom, Qur'an, Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching (which i forgot to tick on the poll for some reason) plus various Gnostic scriptures - Nag Hammadi, Pistis Sophia etc. Plus lots of commentaries and summaries of Buddhism, Islam and Gnosticism.

 

[uu_sage]

Bible- several translations including NRSV with Apocrypha, NIV, NKJV/KJV, the Jefferson Bible, and Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Seekers, Skeptics and Religious Liberals). My collection also includes three books on Islam, a Pagan text written by one of my best friends who goes to the same church, the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, the Socratic Dialogues, a whole textbook on Western philosophy, the Tao te Ching, a book on the Philadelphia Universalist Convention by my church's past minister, the Rev. Paul Sawyer, Simpsons and Philosophy, The Gospel according to the Simpsons, Monty Python and Philosophy, Ethics for a New Millennium by the Dali Lama, and the Heart of the Buddha's Teaching. Once I get the chance I will want to get the Bahai writings, a copy of the Qu'ran, a Book of Mormon, the Gnostic Gospels, the Vedas,the Talmud plus scores of books that other great sages, scholars, and thinkers of humanity.

 

[Comet]

Next to my computer I have:

The Avesta
The Rig Veda
The Bible
The Book of Mormon

I'm not sre what else I have in my bookshelves.... but a lot more than that.

 

[Ozzie]

None.

 

[joeboonda]

I put other, oops. I have the BIble. But I have read some of the other scriptures. Some given me by friends but mostly from the web in my researching.

 

[Tigress]

I own all of the ones listed, with the exception of the Urantia Book, and then some. Why? I like to read, and I'm curious about other religions, other cultures, and why people believe what they do.

Yes, I'm back. *Shock* *Gasp*

 

[Runt]

Oh boy. Okay... I've got 2-3 copies of the Bible, I've got the Book of Mormon, the Koran, various gnostic, kabbalistic and Sufi books, the Vedas, Upanishads + commentary, Bhagavad Gita, i-Ching, Talmud, Tao Te Ching, the Witches Bible, the Buddhist Bible (which contains excerpts from the various sutras and such) and Shiva only knows what else. There's an entire book shelf at my place devoted to religious texts and textbooks on religion. I don't even remember everything that's in there. Be fun one of these days to list all of the titles hehe.

 

[Runt]

This semester, I'm taking Bible Hebrew, NT Greek and History of religions B (ancient Mediterranean and South Asian religions).

Are you a religious studies major? I want your collection!

 

[Muffled]

In book form I have the NASB Bible which God said was the best version for me to use as a study Bible. An NIV. Possibly I still have the KJV that I grew up on. I have a New World Translation which I consider to be other because it has been thoroughly cleansed of all referneces to the divinity of Jesus. I have a Bible with German and English side by side.

On the computer I have the AV and ASV Bibles and the Ali version of the Qu'ran.

I had the Baghavad Gita and the Sikh Granth on the computer before running into computer problems.

I have read the Vedas and some of the Uphanishads, and the Dharmapada.

I have read a book on Buddhism which gave meagre basics.

I have read a book on the life of the Baha'u'llah.

 

[RevOxley_501]

im the only one with the Urantia book?


i just got it but geesh

 

[gnomon]

Which ones do you own and why?

The Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon, the Principle Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, the Qu'ran, the Tao Te Ching, an edition of Gnostic Scriptures and a few not mentioned.

Why?

They make great bookends.:foot:

 

[Aasimar]

Old Testament, New Testament (Like a bazillion copies lol), Tao-te-Ching (Great book!), Book of Mormon, Quran.

 

[madhatter85]

I saw a free copy of the book of Mormon in an old 2nd hand Book shop and they were selling it for 8 Dollars!

 

[Bishka]

I should now add to this list: Baha'i Writings and Other.

 

[Muffled]

I should now add to this list: Baha'i Writings and Other.

It is interesting that you called them writings. I tend to think of The Baha'u'llah as divinely inspired but maybe not so much the others. Would you include the Apochrypha as part of Christian writings or separate it out. I had that once in a New American Translation (Catholic) but I think it got lost in one of my changes of residence.

 

[madhatter85]

There are alot of writings that may have been inspired. Studying anything with the power of the Holy Ghost will reveals the truth from wrong within all writing.

When Joseph Smith translated the bible by inspiration, he used a version of the bible that included the Apochrypha, but he did not translate the Apochrypha. We do not feel the Apochrypha is correct in of itself, But there are some (albeit few) similarities between the Book of Moses and the Apochrypha.

Apocrypha

Gizeh 6:2. The Sons of Heaven wished to break their covenants and join with the daughters of men, but Seimizas [Satan] said ‘I am afraid you will not be willing to go through with this thing.’ 4. And they answered him all, saying, We will all swear with an oath, and bind each other by a mortal curse [lit., anathemize each other], that we will not go back on this agreement [gnome] until we have carried it out; 5. Then they all swore together and pronounced the doom of death on each other.

1 En. 29:13. Kasbeel, the chief of the oath … when he dwelt above in glory 14. … requested Michael to show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate in the oath, so that those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was secret to the children of men.

1 En. 69:1. It was Gadreel who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve.

Ethiop. Bk. Mysts. PO 4:431. “In the days of Cain evil and deceitful practices increased. The wicked angels set themselves up in open and insolent opposition to Adam, and glorying in their earthly bodies learned a great sin, and openly exposed all the work which they had seen in heaven.

Beatty 99:8f. And they shall go astray in the foolishness [aphrosyne] of their hearts, and the visions of their dreams [the dark] shall lead them astray. And the lying words you have made shall perish. 98:9. Woe to you foolish ones, for you shall perish through your own folly!

Secrets 4 (Vaillant, p. 18). These are they who denied the Lord, and would not hear the voice of the Lord, but followed their own counsel.

Gk. Enoch 63:9. We pass away … on account of our own works … descending into hell [Sheol].

Gk. 3(99:2). Wo unto you who pervert the eternal covenant and reckon yourselves sinless!

Bait ha-Midrasch (BHM) 5:171. I am Enoch! When the generation of the Flood sinned and said of God: Turn away from him, and in the knowing of his ways do not rejoice. Then God delivered men.

MOSES

Moses 5:52. The Lord cursed … all them that had covenanted with Satan; for they kept not the commandments of God.

Moses 5:29. And Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me … and swear thy brethren … that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die.

Moses 5:51. For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret combination, and their works were in the dark, and they knew every man his brother.

Moses 5:29–30. Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die; and swear thy brethren by their heads, and by the living God, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die; and this that thy father may not know it. … And all these things were done in secret.

Moses 5:16. And Adam and Eve … ceased not to call upon God. … But behold, Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should know him?

Moses 5:51. For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret combination, and their works were in the dark.

Moses 6:28. For these many generations … have they gone astray, … and have sought their own counsels in the dark; …

Moses 6:29. Wherefore, they have … brought upon themselves death.

Moses 5:57. For they would not hearken unto his voice, nor believe on his Only Begotten Son.

Moses 6:29. They have foresworn themselves, and, by their oaths, they have brought upon themselves death; and a hell I have prepared for them, if they repent not.

Moses 6:43. Why counsel ye yourselves, and deny the God of heaven?

Moses

Apochrypha

 

[Ephramsdaughter]

Besides the Holy Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants & Pearl of Great Price, I have The Book of Enoch, The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, the Apocrypha, Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
I also have a copy of the Christian Science Holy Book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and the JW Bible - both just in case I need to reference them if talking to members of either group - though I have never come across a C.S where I live, plenty of JW's though.

 

[uu_sage]

added to my vast collection are:
Selections from the Mathnawi: The teachings of Rumi
Who are the 7th Day Adventists?
The Bhagavad Gita
The Qu'ran
Hymns for the Celebration of Life (UU Hymnal from 1964)
Destined for Salvation by the Rev. Kalen Fristad (on universal salvation)
UU Christian Journal- "Naming the Holy" selected writings of David Parke
UU Christian Journal: The Best of 50 years
UU Christian Journal- "Universalism then and now"
UU Christian Journal- "Communion services and Sermons"
Elaine Pagels The Gnostic Gospels
John Dominic Crossan- "God and Empire"
John Dominic Crossan- "In Search of Paul"
Christian Voices in Unitarian Universalism (edited by the Rev. Kathleen Rolenz)

Bible- several translations including NRSV with Apocrypha, NIV, NKJV/KJV, the Jefferson Bible, and Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Seekers, Skeptics and Religious Liberals). My collection also includes three books on Islam, a Pagan text written by one of my best friends who goes to the same church, the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, the Socratic Dialogues, a whole textbook on Western philosophy, the Tao te Ching, a book on the Philadelphia Universalist Convention by my church's past minister, the Rev. Paul Sawyer, Simpsons and Philosophy, The Gospel according to the Simpsons, Monty Python and Philosophy, Ethics for a New Millennium by the Dali Lama, and the Heart of the Buddha's Teaching. Once I get the chance I will want to get the Bahai writings, a copy of the Qu'ran, a Book of Mormon, the Gnostic Gospels, the Vedas,the Talmud plus scores of books that other great sages, scholars, and thinkers of humanity.

 

[Pah]

Srong's Concordance for research purposes not satified on-line.

 

[Don Penguinoini]

veds, old and new testament.. mt other reply was:

welll ,5+4-4+69=59

Ok, NONE