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Originally posted by Epona:
In which case, surely everone should read the Bible, Koran, Talmud, and any other holy book going (sorry, I don't know the names of any others, that doesn't mean anything is excluded from my line of thinking) - Egyptian book of the dead perhaps? 
I feel they are all equally valid/invalid depending on your point of view. Why should the only decision be between Atheism and Christianity?
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I agree, Epona! But it is easier for people in a nominally christian society to start with the bible.
I make one proviso to Liliara's recommendation: read a good MODERN translation. Check the flyleaf to make sure it has been directly translated from the original-language texts, NOT from Latin, and that comparisons of the various texts are included when there is divergence between two copies of the same text. Do NOT get a paraphrased version. They can give you doctinally biased readings, rather than accurate readings.
If you want to read other holy books, use the same criteria to select the copy you read.
But above all, remember that all these books were WRITTEN by human beings, even if they claim to have been inspired by their god. Human beings are fallible.
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[This message has been edited by Fljotsdale (edited 10-02-2001).]