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Old 03-23-2006, 07:20 AM
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[I'm echoing a friend's post of this here as many of you in this forum might like to get this.]

This might be of interest to many of you:

Free Downloadable Online Library of the World's Religious Scriptures,
with searchable concordance.

http://www.bahai-education.org/ocean/

here is what it says on the home page...


Ocean is a free collection of the World's Religious literature managed by a unique book-centered research engine. It contains over 1000 books of 10 world religions in English as well as collections in six other languages (French, Spanish, German, Russian, Dutch, and Portuguese). If you have a slow internet connection, don't despair. We will happily mail you a CD at cost anywhere on the planet!
Our purpose in giving away Ocean is to promote amity among religions through greater understanding. It is our belief that the actual teachings of the various religions are not so different as some people would have us believe. True, religions have been used by power-hungry leaders as a tool to divide people. But eventually people will get tired of formulaes of hate and begin to ask "what do the scriptures really say?" What they will find is shocking: the core message of all the world's religious writings is the same: ethical integrity, honesty, sincerity, compassion, tolerance and non-violence. No kidding! It's hard to accept this in a world filled with "religious" bigotry and hatred -- but just look for yourself!

Enjoy! :-)
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Old 03-30-2006, 11:52 AM
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Well this certainly sounds fascinating!

Unfortunatley, I am one who falls into the category of having a slow computer. But am going to try my best to kick it into action in the name of such a resource!

Thankyou for pointing it out.
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I'm there! As soon as I can scrap together the funds...
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Old 04-02-2006, 11:06 AM
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Good news! Ocean is now also available as a web-based version, no download required!
http://BahaiResearch.com
It includes more languages including Persian, Arabic, Japanese, etc.
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Great resource! Thank you for the link!
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Tis a nice resource, was a little disappointed after d/l it though. Seems the texts are only partial. But it is great for introductory reading!!!
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Tis a nice resource, was a little disappointed after d/l it though. Seems the texts are only partial. But it is great for introductory reading!!!
Everything contained in Ocean is complete. It may be missing documents entirely, but nothing is in itself incomplete or abridged. I think it should have some other versions of the Bible, for instance - but the whole King James is there.

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Originally Posted by BruceDLimber
[I'm echoing a friend's post of this here as many of you in this forum might like to get this.]

This might be of interest to many of you:

Free Downloadable Online Library of the World's Religious Scriptures,
with searchable concordance.

http://www.bahai-education.org/ocean/

here is what it says on the home page...


Ocean is a free collection of the World's Religious literature managed by a unique book-centered research engine. It contains over 1000 books of 10 world religions in English as well as collections in six other languages (French, Spanish, German, Russian, Dutch, and Portuguese). If you have a slow internet connection, don't despair. We will happily mail you a CD at cost anywhere on the planet!
Our purpose in giving away Ocean is to promote amity among religions through greater understanding. It is our belief that the actual teachings of the various religions are not so different as some people would have us believe. True, religions have been used by power-hungry leaders as a tool to divide people. But eventually people will get tired of formulaes of hate and begin to ask "what do the scriptures really say?" What they will find is shocking: the core message of all the world's religious writings is the same: ethical integrity, honesty, sincerity, compassion, tolerance and non-violence. No kidding! It's hard to accept this in a world filled with "religious" bigotry and hatred -- but just look for yourself!

Enjoy! :-)
Sounds very useful, thank you for the link. Can one also download another pair of eyes and another brain?
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Everything contained in Ocean is complete. It may be missing documents entirely, but nothing is in itself incomplete or abridged. I think it should have some other versions of the Bible, for instance - but the whole King James is there.

Regards,
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Ah, it only has the King James Bible.
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