<p>Buddha said to search within.</p>
<p>Ah, Jesus said that too: something along the lines of 'The truth is within you' and 'You are the temple of the Living God' and 'Ask and you shall receive'</p>
<p>I take that to mean that the 'Holy Spirit' will guide us if we ask.</p>
<p>I trust the Living Spirit of God more than I do any human preacher. The spirit of God is alive; whereas the rules of religion are created by humans based on their (usually narrow) interpretation of a book that they have been led to believe came from God.</p>
<p>And even then, they cannot agree amongst themselves. Hence, there are hundreds of denominations even within the Christian faith...each one claiming to be authentic. Point being that the bible is subject to interpretation. (There are even scriptures that back up a belief in reincarnation, for example, but only a few Christian churches that I know of believes in reincarnation.)</p>
<p>There are many 'holy books' - the bible is not the only one. And not all of the original documents were decided to be included in the bible. (This decision was made by humans, btw.)</p>
<p>The Hindus believe the Bhagavad Gita is the 'Word of God.' </p>
<p>What I don't understand is how the Christians can talk about the Holy Spirit, but they are afraid to trust that Spirit and instead must rely on what is dictated to them by their priests.</p>