Enkidu Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 What is your favorite religious text? Be specific. Mine is the Epic of Gilgamesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 The bible obviously, but I guess that is not specific enough. I would say probably the Song of Solomon. It is such a beautiful book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Nihilo Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Mine is the new testament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dave Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I think my favorite would have to be the books of Enoch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend V Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Without a doubt my favorites are the Gospel of Mark and the Epistle of James. In Mark we see Jesus as a servant. He explains his mission and message through his actions. Mark includes more of Jesus' miracles than any of the other books. Mark shows us Jesus gave his life in service to mankind. He lived out his message through service, therefore, we can follow his actions and learn by his example.In James we find a interesting message. For staters it rarely mentions Jesus. Instead the author focuses on righteous living. It mentions action over faith which is contradictory to many of the Pauline books. The author of James seems to mimic the ethical teachings of Jesus without mentioning Jesus at all. It would appear the author believed it was not Jesus the man but Jesus the message that was most important.†?†Edited January 4, 2014 by ReverendV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeopardBoy Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 The Homeric and Orphic hymns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro. Hex Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 The Gospel of Thomas,The Hymn of the Pearl,The Shepherd of Hermas....I have trouble with having "just ONE favorite" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReverendTre Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 My favorite is the Tao Te Ching. I do not consider myself a Taoist but I do non the less find the information very useful and practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Nihilo Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I dig the Tao myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Upanishads, Dhammapada, Tao te Ching, A Course in Miracles, and Jane Roberts "The Nature of Personal Reality" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belyn Mawr Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Mine is The Mabinogion (Jones translation), a collection of medieval Welsh tales that contain elements of pre-Christian mythology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 "The Elegant Universe" Yes it is a religious text. It is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emalpaiz Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I have various favorite religious texts:The Srimad Bhagavad GitaThe Vedic UpanishadsThe DhammapadaThe Gospel of ThomasThe Sermon on the Moun (Matthew ,Chapters 5,6,7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayCalculaMinistraDeGezza Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I like the ULC booklet.I leaning towards a Kolbrine Bible. Out in Polynesia, reading, seeing and hearing in Honolulu, I'm hooked on phonics and hope to keep sensing the origonal word-of-mouth traditions, HULA, chants, etc., for "text". Ra - y... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayCalculaMinistraDeGezza Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Delete box, i cannot, wrong thread... Edited January 5, 2014 by RayCalculaMinistraDeGezza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revtimothybland Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 The Celtic Arthurian Legends. They contain the most original of all the King Arthur tales, and include elements of both Celtic (Irish and Welsh to be specific) and Christian Myths. Merlin himself is said to have learned from Queen Mab, Lugh the Shining One, and The Morrigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belyn Mawr Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) I previously mentioned The Mabinogion as my favorite religious text for the Welsh portion of Celtic mythology, but I would also like to add the tale "Cath Mag Tured" (called the Second Battle of Moytura, or Moytura the Northern) for the Irish Celtic . Edited January 15, 2014 by Belenos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youch Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 What is your favorite religious text? Be specific. Mine is the Epic of Gilgamesh.Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and the petition the Government for redress of grievances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revtimothybland Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Not a religious text, Youch.Though I do agree, and believe that NONE of the Bill of Rights should be messed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordie Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Do unto others as you want done unto u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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