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

Asked by essieness (7703points) April 24th, 2010

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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Captain_Fantasy's avatar

Common sense.

deni's avatar

national geographic magazine

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

My brain. And my relationships with others.

lilikoi's avatar

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

Ivan's avatar

My science textbooks?

bob_'s avatar

The Economist.

janbb's avatar

Holding babies.

deni's avatar

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”

ucme's avatar

Playboy

CaptainHarley's avatar

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.

Sarcasm's avatar

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

ZEPHYRA's avatar

My conscience.

dpworkin's avatar

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

Lightlyseared's avatar

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

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

Captain_Fantasy's avatar

Also George Carlin.

laureth's avatar

It’s not so much a text as a method.

Ria777's avatar

the Twilight series.

anartist's avatar

Common sense, decency, and the dictionary.

Bluefreedom's avatar

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

cockswain's avatar

I’m a huge fan of The Tao te Ching

octopussy's avatar

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

Trillian's avatar

I like “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran

buster's avatar

Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine.

Cruiser's avatar

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

kenmc's avatar

On The Road by Jack Kerouac.

jonsblond's avatar

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

TexasDude's avatar

My conscience.

LuckyGuy's avatar

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

LostInParadise's avatar

Still looking

loser's avatar

TV Guide

OpryLeigh's avatar

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

Berserker's avatar

I hug pillows and make funny noises in them.

Silhouette's avatar

My little sister, she is my touchstone.

flutherother's avatar

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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