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- The Writings of and about Siddhartha Gautama; founder of Buddhism, and whose public ministry, from 531-486 BC in India, is the basis of various branches of Buddhism, mostly in southeast Asia. 1.18
- The Writings of Confucius; preserver and creator of Chinese Civilization, which became a state religion under Emperor Wu (140-85 BC.). 1.19
- The Vedas, The Upanishads, and the Jain Canon: text concerned with theology, mythology, ritual, dogma, law, cosmology, metaphysical speculation, ethics, and social order compiled around 1000 B.C. in India and read as the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana, which were written between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. 1.20
- Dine' bahane': The Navajo Creation Story written as text retrieval from a dynamic oral tradition which thrives to this day. 1.21
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Book of the Hopi: a world-view of life, telling the Hopi - first inhabitants of America - story of creation, emergence from previous worlds, migrations over North America, and the meanings of their ceremonies. 1.22
- The Popol Vuh or Book of the People: only known surviving written account of the Quiche' Mayan mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history, including a chronology of their kings to 1550 AD. 1.23
- Conversations with God: Neale Donald Walsch's contemporary spiritual answers to questions about existence, love, faith, life, death, good, and evil. 1.24
Religion is defined as:
- a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. 1.25
Science is defined as:
- a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
- as systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.1.26
A paradox is defined as:
- a statement seeming self-contradictory or absurd but expressing a possible truth.
- a self-contradictory and false proposition.1.27
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