Sacred Writings

The talk concerning the sacred writings in the Jewish Tanakh sparked up to be quite interesting. It turns out that no matter of what spiritual book that has been authored as a teaching tool, the material is the same. The differences may include the names and actions, but the overall teachings are the same. The name Tanakh is actually an acronym of the Torah, Neviim, and Kethuviim. The Torah reminds me of the Old Testament because it focuses more of the laws of the early days of the religion and is the foundation of establishing new laws for the religious dominations and/or sects. The Neviim mirrors that of Proverbs due to its focus of the prophets. Prophets are teachers and gives sound advice of how the religious followers are able to live a peaceful life and how to seek help and wisdom with any problem that they may encounter on their religious journey of life. The Kethuviim is in sorts like that of the New Testament because of how it focuses on the writings and can actually guide the steps of the followers so that they will not make the wrong steps within their life.

This is why I have no preference of what book I use when I need religion clarification. Whenever I need to know a certain thing which concerns a certain religious sect, all I must do is pick up their book of teachings. But I can also pick up the Holy Bible, New World Translation, King James Version, Torah, and even bookstore novels when it comes to comparing facts and figures. I especially will switch between the New World Translation and King James Version whenever I need full understanding of specific scriptures. One good example is a passage within the New World Translation that was missing that concerned when an angel would fly down from heaven and disturb the waters of this pool. Whoever would enter into this water at that time would become healed of their ailments. I was able to get that missing information by referencing to the King James Version. We as a society must not be afraid to do more research when it comes to religion. We also should not be afraid to cross-reference between religions. There is not just one correct religion.