Has anyone found anything in the "Holy Books" that is truly useful?
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What have I found in holey book - oops, holy books?  Ammunition to tear holes in idiotic religious arguments.\n\nThe bile - oops, bible - says Pi is 3, it says the Earth is flat, and it says the sun goes around the Earth.  (If the Earth is flat, going around means we'd see the sun 24 hours per day....)  \n\n\n"Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."\n- Isaac Asimov \n\n\n.
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Actually, you come very close!  I suggest an excellent book, "Idioms of the Bible", the author's name is beyond me for now.  It was created by  a Bible scholar who is very familiar with both modern and ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, and has done some wonderful research in various areas relating to the Bible and religion.
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Crosswalk.com is the most incredible resource ever!  It has a great many commentaries, bible versions (including the NASB and KJV with Strongs numbers) online bible studies, sermons to listen to, references and notes. Go for it!\n\nBiblegateway.com is also excellent and has the amplified bible as a version- which crosswalk is missing.
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An excellent list. And there isn't a christian that can deny the utter stupidity of the bible when presented with these outright contradictions.\nI mean, how can a "perfect" being's manifesto be so chock full of mistakes?
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A good one is CBD (Christian Book Distributors) (the address is Christianbook.com)(Don't worry, they don't have just books.... They have Christian t-shirts, movies and films, Bibles, books, games, house ware, music, Children's stuff, Bible dictionaries and concordances, devotionals, and much more!!
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http://www.biblegateway.com/\n\n\n\nThis I believe http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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unsure of website, but a great book is "knowing your bible 101" Good summaries of each book and background of it. Good luck! Also available - Christianity 101
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Yahoo  freecycle biblegateway  howstuff works\n\nebay
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I agree. I believe this is where Bible reading, prayer and the Holy Spirit come in. The Bible reading will make you familiar with what doctrines churches should be teaching. Prayer will give to you wisdom, and the Holy Spirit can help you discern and understand, based on fact, what is going on. Good luck to ya!
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No but some years back in San Francisco I saw a partial exhibit which included the whole scroll of the book of Isaiah. Awesome! It was laid out under temperature control ed glass. I cannot read Hebrew so I could not read it for myself.
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ive read a few of them. they are good books for entertainment. but of course you shouldnt believe what it says. thats just the opinion of the authors veiw of what will happen. the holy bible is the only book anyone should believe.
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Get something from Songs of Solomon; that'll blow his mind. My wife did it for me when we were dating and honestly I've never read anything like it.
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The contents of the Holy Scriptures was inspired by Jehovah God and therefore stands alone in comparison to any other book.\nThe beneficial purpose of Proverbs is stated in the opening verses:"For one to know wisdom and discipline,to discern the sayings of understanding,to receive the discipline that gives insight,righteousness and judgement and uprightness,to give to the inexperienced ones shrewdness,to a young man knowledge and thinking ability"(1:2-4)\nIn harmony with that stated purpose,the book highlights knowledge,wisdom,and understanding,each of which is beneficial in its particular way.
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Yes I have, I have to say that book changed my life. The title can be decieveing.. just a little, because I felt the book was more about spirituality.. I'm not a big reader, and that book was like 300 pages.. it really is a book you cant stop reading, but sometimes you have to put it down cause its pretty deep.. and you need to just stop and obsorb the information. Its a really good, and you dont have to read the 1st book to get the others, I started w/ #4 I think..and it made me look at life very differently.
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Just my opinion ... Yes, I've read it. It explains, in depth, Universal Truth. It is representative of True Christianity, and expresses what Jesus was REALLY all about. It contains all any one needs to know in order to achieve enlightenment. BUT, its not the ONLY path available. It takes different things for different people. ACIM is just ONE of those things. It is also one of the best, being both clear cut and direct. So far as I am concerned A Course In Miracles IS the Word of God. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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Yes, there are several good sources, the first mentioned below is the one I started out with; there are many other good books though...
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That is an easy one!\n\nFind a Christian Bible.\nFind another book.\nCheck if that book is found in the Bible.\nIf it isn't there then obviously it was left out.\n\nHow hard was that?\n\nThe Egyptian Book of the Dead? Nope, not there.\nThe Tibetian Book of the Dead? Nope, not there.\nWar & Peace? Nope, not there.\n\nWhere did you get this silly idea that the Bible was supposed to contain every single book in the universe and that the mean ole' Council of Nicea left all those millions of books out?