Religion
I grew up in a Catholic family, thankfully as much as my parents were religious, they weren't super
forceful, at least since living in NY.
My story with religion is big, however, I think it's important to make and state some differences.
I'm an apatheist, I don't care if there's a god or not. I don't have any resentments towards the gods.
And I know that simply being nonreligious won't make me smart, at all.
Frankly, I'd like to share some of my findings. I've read so so so much about religions, not just the
one I was born into, but others that are extinct and also those minorly practiced until these days that
are disappearing.
There's so many things I want to add into the religions section, but I don't know if I want to make it
informational only? filled with my notes and questions? a mix? Only notes? Only questions? Timelines?
Only based on the East or West or just about everything? Well…. I doubt I could do that, at least in a
few months…
Just comparing the religious books within the Christian derivative religions will be a headache, even
more because there's still outgoing fights on which church was the first one. I'm not sure if I should
also add notes about verses that were added recently or translated ‘incorrectly’ — what that even would
mean since I don't speak any of those languages, or if I should just add the compiled books that were
taken out entirely from the Bible. It's a complicated topic as in the social sciences and demographic
locations, centuries we'd be speaking about and even evidence that has been found when it comes to old
religions and how it's interpreted….
Yeah, it's a lot, but my goals aren't to turn anyone against religion, or well — their god and faith,
but just to add more information that they might have been restricted from accessing. I took a lot of my
time trying to make it make a bit of sense, but the goal isn't to find an answer to believe in God, as
it's not to find an excuse to not to.
I simply don't care. It's irrelevant to me. If I'll do good I'll do it for doing it not because of a
promise of heaven or the fears of hell. I don’t want to find a connection to god when I need its help.
And I don’t want to believe just for fear… That sounds extremely depressing.
It's just information on how people have tried to understand the world and cope with the feelings and
reactions we've developed so far…
I also wonder if other species believe in their own versions of hell and heaven… It'll be interesting to
see if they act purely on instinct and survival needs or because they are doing acts of love and
kindness.
Are humans even acting on kindness because of survival? because they're really just that good? because
they're afraid? because they want it done to them back? Because it makes them happy? Yet, how would that
be asked if it's when they do something deemed as “evil” and under what definitions of it?
Yeah, I'm getting out of topics perhaps, and I don't really think I'm open to debate on the matter, I
just don't care. If my actions are good, I want to be good because of what the action does, not because
I want to be praised or feel like I'm closer to God, but if doing it makes me close to it, then I'm okay
with the results. I'll assume that God will be happier with my doings rather than overuse of its name in
vain or finger pointing while violating those rules — you know, at least the 10 main ones, which are
often used by people attempting to judge in the name of God, when they are mere humans, like myself.
Anyways, I'll do it with time, but I'll leave some stuff here for the moment.
Books
I have at least skimmed these books.These books have been read either with physical copies, online lending, through the library or other sources.
Important:
I want to preface this list of books and resources by mentioning that I haven't engaged with
this
material for several years. I began collecting and compiling these resources, mostly in English,
between the ages of 13 and 18, which was also when I was just starting to read in the language.
However, despite gathering them, I never actually read them to completely understand or analyze
them, it was mostly to see what is out there.
Even though there’s a lot of things, I still believe that I come shorthanded with this page, but
again, maybe I’ll do something bigger later.
Title: The Angelical Way
A guide book
Author(s): Thomas Mckenzie
Title: The Holy Bible
Containing the Old and New Testaments
Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the
Former Translations Diligently Compared & Revised
Set forth in 1611 and commonly known as the
King James Version
Author(s):
Title:
THE EASTERN / GREEK
ORTHODOX BIBLE
BASED ON THE SEPTUAGINT
AND THE PATRIARCHAL TEXT
Author(s):
Title:
JEHOVAH
UNMASKED!
The True Identity of the
Bible-God Revealed
Author(s): Nathaniel J. Merritt Met. D.
Title:
THE EASTERN / GREEK
ORTHODOX BIBLE
BASED ON THE SEPTUAGINT
AND THE PATRIARCHAL TEXT
Author(s):
Title:
From Conflict to Communion
Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration
of the Reformation in 2017
Report of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity
Title: Lutheranism
Author(s): Claude J. Summers
Title:
The Book of Mormon
An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon
Upon Plates
Taken from the Plates of Nephi
Title:
The Book of Mormon
Another Testament of Jesus Christ
The Pearl of Great Price
Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Title:
“The Pentecostal Movement”
by Margaret M. Poloma
Author(s):
Title: Santos y Misterios as Channels of Communication in the Diaspora: Afro-Dominican Religious Practices Abroad
..
Title: The Buddha and His Teachings
Author(s): Venerable Nārada Mahāthera
Title: Greeks, Gods & Goddesses
Edited by: Michael Taft
Title:
Four Vedas
Rig, Yajur, Sama & Atharva
Author(s):
Title: THE HOLY QURAN (KORAN)
English Translation of the Meanings and Verse Notes by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Author(s): Formatting By William B. Brown
Title: MOHAMMED'S KORAN - Why Muslims Kill For Islam
Author(s):
Peeter McLoughlin
Tommy Robinson
Title: It Is About Islam
Author(s): Glenn Beck
Title: SHINTOÍSMO: EL CAMINO DE LOS DIOSES DE JAPÓN
Author(s): Federico Lanzaco Salafranca
Title: The Books of Solomon's Magick
Author(s): Carroll "Poke" Runyon
Title: The Book Of The Sacred Magic Of Abremelin The Mage
Author(s): Unknown Author
Title: The ultimate Books of Spells
A complete guide to using magic to improve your life and the world around you
Author(s): Pamela J. Ball
Title: The Old Book Of Magic - A Precise History of MAGIC Its Procudure, Rites And Mysteries
Author(s): By Dr. L. W. de Laurence
Title: WICCA - A year and a day
Author(s): Timothy Boderick
Title: The White Goddess
Author(s): Robert Graves
Title: The Witch Cult in Western Europe
Author(s): Margaret Alice Murray
Title: Aridia Or the Gospel Of The Witches
Author(s): Charles Godfrey Leland
Title: Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition
Author(s): Charles Godfrey Leland
Title: GYPSY SORCERY and FORTUNE TELLIN
Author(s): Charles Godfrey Leland
Title: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Author(s): Walter Scott
Title: SATANISM AND WITCHCRAFT
Author(s): JULES MICHELET
Title: THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger
Author(s): The reverend Montague Summers
Title: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Demons and Demonology
Author(s): Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Title: THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS FROM TRANSLATIONS AND REPRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF EUROPEAN HISTORY
Author(s): GEORGE L. BURR
Title: IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY
Author(s): ST JOHN D. SEYMOUR, B.D.
Title: The Veil of Isis; Or, Mysteries of the Druids
Author(s): W. Winwood Reade
Title: THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CELTS
Author(s): J. A. MacGulloch
Title: The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg Volume 1
Author(s): J. Williams (AB ITHEl)
Title: The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg Volume 2
Author(s): J. Williams (AB ITHEl)
Title:
THE SYRIAN GODDESS
LUCIAN
Author(s): HERBERT A. STRONG AND JOHN GARSTANG
Title: THE BOOK OF HALLOWE'EN
Author(s): RUTH EDNA KELLEY
Title: IRISH DRUIDS AND OLD IRISH RELIGIONS.
Author(s):
Title: PAGAN PRAYERS
Author(s): MARAH ELLIS RYAN
Title: Pagan Ethics - Paganism as a World Religion
Author(s):
Title: El Evangelio del Monstruo de Espagueti Volador
Author(s):
Title: Past Life Astrology - Use Your Birthchart To Understanding Your Karma
Author(s): Judy Hall
Title: Prood of Heaven - A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Author(s): Eben Alexander, M.D.
Title: The Satanic Bible - Anton Szandor LaVey
Author(s): //
Beyond Good And Evil:
Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche
Some physical books copies
Title: History of the Warfare of Science With Theology in Christendom
Author(s): Andrew Dickson White
Title: The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity
Author(s): Matthew Kelly
Title: The Holy Bible - New International Version
Zondervan Publications House
Title:
Why Christianity Must Change or Die
A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile
Author(s): Bishop John Shelby Spong
Title: Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica
Author(s): ..
Title:
La Biblia
Letra Grande
Author(s): ..
Title: Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation
Author(s): Nicholas Humphrey
Title: The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics
Author(s): John Danforth
Title: Truth, Knowledge, or Just Plain Bull: How to Tell the Difference
Author(s): Dr. Bernard M. Patten
Title: Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
Author(s): Joshua Greene
Title: White Nights, Black Paradise
Author(s): Sikivu Hutchinson
Title: Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, Early Chinese
Author(s):
Takeuchi Yoshinori
Title: What If I'm an Atheist?: A Teen's Guide to Exploring a Life Without Religion
Author(s): David Seidman
Title: Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
Author(s): Robert L. Park
Title: Hidden Histories in the United Church of Christ
Author(s): Barbara Brown Zikmund
Title: Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?
Author(s): Paul Kurtz
Title: Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
Author(s): Jerry A. Coyne
Title: God Is Not Great
Author(s): Christopher Eric Hitchens
The following are somo religion related libraries online
Yes, these are free and legal-to-access platforms.
These Links will take you directly to their section on religion
Platform/Resource name: Global Grey Ebooks
https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/bible-king-james-ebook.html >>
Platform/Resource name: Forgotten Books
Platform/Resource name: Project Gutenberg
Platform/Resource name: Library of Congress
Platform/Resource name: OnlineBooks
Platform/Resource name: Archive org
Platform/Resource name: Standard EBooks
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