Religious texts

[sobrique]

If we assume that there is no God, and therefore the central basis of the Bible was in error, would that make it any less valid as a source of spiritual thought, and social/moral guidance?

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[purp1e-magic.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the Bible. Nor have I ever read any other religious texts (despite my duty as a good little Muslim girl). I've come across bits and bobs of things. More so, I've been told stories and instructions from the Bible, the Quran and from the Bhagvat Gita. The things of interest in them to me are cultural history and exploring the roots of theological constructs. I found them equally interesting and in the same kind of ways as Sarashina Nikki's (translated) As I crossed A Bridge of Dreams (written by an 11th century Japanese woman) and Jetsun Pema's autobiography (one of the Dalai Lama's sisters).

I feel that what's important is inner truth and listening to inner divinity. You can learn things from spiritual texts because the writing of them was guided by the inner spirit of those that wrote them. But they don't always speak to me, and they aren't the only things that were written that way.

If the Holy books were not known as being the word of God, I probably would never have heard of them. But if I had I probably would have been more open to them because they wouldn't be surrounded by forceful ideas of followers.