[Tom]

Originally Posted by Shasown

No thats just not true, most of what you know about the Christian religion you have gleamed from the bible, unfortunately the Christian bible bears little knowledge of other religions, and would simply be used as a doorstep by some other religions.

I take it you have not even heard of the Tripitaka( tipitaka in parli) or the Sutras(Buddhism) The Tanach/Tanech (Torah, the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim) of the Jews. The Suhuf Ibrahim, the Qu'ran, Injil Zabur and Tawrat of Islam. The Vedas, Upanishads, Manusmriti, Srimad Bhagvatam, Bhagwad Geeta (Hindu). The Guru Granth Sahib of the Seikhs. Some great reads there, lots of wisdom, i can recommend them.

As for picking and choosing which bits of the bible are relevant, isnt that why the Proddy one has 66 books and the papist one has 72 books. Eastern Greek Orthodox Bibles have even more.

My understanding of this thread is that of the Christian God, so other religions are irrelevant. Of course the Christian Bible isn't going to reference other religions! Its also a well known fact that Protestantism is selective Catholicism dating back to Henry VIII, thats why there are differences in the two books. Christianity derives from the Bible, without it Christianity probably wouldn't exist. Of course there are things to do with the religion outside of that, but the vast majority is in the Bible, or a lot of things which is used as 'evidence' is somehow tied in with the Bible. Its completely silly to dismiss it.

FYI, yes I have heard of the other scriptures you have mentioned.