Oi. Hm. My personal codes/precepts/beliefs are such a hodge podge of the things I've come into contact with it is hard to unravel sometimes. I used to joke that I was going to write a "Good Parts" version of the Bible (no disrespect intended). Never did get around to it, but there are a great many good, wonderful, and true things in that text. Just gets lost amongst the bad geography, bad history, and flawed writers and translators too often. That and the bad habit I've seen to take part of a truism, and only use the bit that supports your view. That's irritating. There are some parts of Ephesians (likely spelled that wrong, been a while since I've seen the word rather than just having it in my head) where --part-- of a sentance within one verse are the only bits that see the light of day.
The Prophet is a big one for me, much of what Gibran wrote resonates strongly.
Some of my belief bits actually come from possibly more outlandish sources... The Heralds of Valdemar had some good codifications, there were things within Glen Cook's Black Company that made sense, the music within the books of Rhapsody... *self-laughter*
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Date: 2007-07-22 07:11 pm (UTC)I used to joke that I was going to write a "Good Parts" version of the Bible (no disrespect intended). Never did get around to it, but there are a great many good, wonderful, and true things in that text. Just gets lost amongst the bad geography, bad history, and flawed writers and translators too often. That and the bad habit I've seen to take part of a truism, and only use the bit that supports your view. That's irritating. There are some parts of Ephesians (likely spelled that wrong, been a while since I've seen the word rather than just having it in my head) where --part-- of a sentance within one verse are the only bits that see the light of day.
The Prophet is a big one for me, much of what Gibran wrote resonates strongly.
Some of my belief bits actually come from possibly more outlandish sources... The Heralds of Valdemar had some good codifications, there were things within Glen Cook's Black Company that made sense, the music within the books of Rhapsody... *self-laughter*
Elie Wiesel. That's another influence.
So much more, but this is enough for the moment.