Fluther: For those who aren't religious, what is your "Bible"?

For those who aren't religious, what is your "Bible"?

Asked by essieness (7698

) April 24th, 2010
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Religious people often turn to a religious text when they need some guidance or uplifting. I’m not religious, but I really loved Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth and find myself opening it up for helpful quotes when I’m having a hard time dealing with an issue.

For the rest of you who don’t follow a religion, where do you turn for this type of “pick me up?”

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Common sense.

Captain_Fantasy (11447

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national geographic magazine

deni (23141

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My brain. And my relationships with others.

Simone_De_Beauvoir (39052

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^This. I don’t need a tangible book to tell me what to do.

lilikoi (10105

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My science textbooks?

Ivan (13479

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The Economist.

bob_ (21888

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Holding babies.

janbb (62862

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or when i have a hard time dealing with an issue, rather than turning to a book, i look up pictures like this and say to myself “deni calm the f down, you are really little and this issue is really not this big, and look at how fucking beautiful life is”

deni (23141

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Playboy

ucme (50047

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You don’t need to be “religious” to access the wisdom contained in many religious texts, although you may have to dig a bit to find it.

CaptainHarley (22447

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MarcoNJ (946

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I guess I’ve been blessed. I never have to turn to any special resources to feel better about myself.

Sarcasm (16793

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My conscience.

ZEPHYRA (21750

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I like the same old Bible, but just the first five Books.

dpworkin (27085

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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Lightlyseared (34621

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My experiences, my relationships with others and yeah, Google is pretty cool.

Neizvestnaya (22657

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Also George Carlin.

Captain_Fantasy (11447

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It’s not so much a text as a method.

laureth (27199

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the Twilight series.

Ria777 (2687

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Common sense, decency, and the dictionary.

anartist (14808

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Bluefreedom (22944

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I’m a huge fan of The Tao te Ching

cockswain (15276

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I don’t need an instruction manual I just use my brain, when I need a textbook answer I use google.

octopussy (1227

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I like “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran

Trillian (21148

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Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine.

buster (10274

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Ma Nature. The sky, the ocean, the woods, and all the wildlife that inhabits these wonderful elements of the world I live in.

Cruiser (40449

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On The Road by Jack Kerouac.

kenmc (11773

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I like @Cruiser‘s answer. Nature is my bible.

jonsblond (43667

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My conscience.

TexasDude (25274

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Fluther

talljasperman (21916

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Mark’s Handbook for Mechanical Engineers. (And the Hanes manual for my car).

LuckyGuy (43689

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Still looking

LostInParadise (31906

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Cook’s Illustrated.

Qingu (21185

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TV Guide

loser (15032

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Tao of Pooh

shpadoinkle_sue (7188

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Anything by Cesar Milan or Jan Fennell. Be The Pack Leader is my personal favourite of Cesar’s.

OpryLeigh (25305

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I hug pillows and make funny noises in them.

Berserker (33548

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My little sister, she is my touchstone.

Silhouette (8850

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I wouldn’t call it my Bible exactly but I have always loved the philosophy of Taoism as expressed in this book

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