For example, as you are set to profess the existence of God, you must learn and memorise all important scriptures and doctrinal points about God's existence, both scientifically and religiously.
Accepting the death sentence, the Guru recited the "Japjī "(the most important Sikh scripture) and was decapitated in one blow by the executioner.
State prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk are trying to ban the Russian translation of the Bhagavad Gita, an important Hindu scripture, because they believe the text too "extremist".
Another very important religious scripture is the Hadith, the sayings and accounts of Muhammad.
Other important works and scriptures include the Satsangi Jeevan, Swaminarayan's authorized biography, the Muktanand Kavya, the Nishkulanand Kavya and the Bhakta Chintamani.
An important part of Jewish Scripture was the Torah, or Pentateuch, comprising five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) that were believed to have been given to Moses by God.
Cappel's important critical study of Scripture, Critica Sacra (1634), met with such theological opposition that he was not able to print it until 1650, at Paris, and then only with the aid of a son who had turned Roman Catholic.
While it is impressive and important to know the scriptures of the faith that you follow, don't rely on the scriptures alone to have the answers to the questions you may be asked, ask them of your Higher Power instead.
Therefore, reading these scriptures can influence the God image of (religious) individuals, and also the individual's actions towards others [20], making religious scriptures an important basis for the God image and behaviour of an individual.
