History Main / SacredScripture

** The ''Rules of Acquisition'' of the Ferengi Actually they are a set of business guidelines, but they are said to be divinely inspired, and therefore sacred. But in "Body Parts" Quark meets the First Grand Negus in a dream -- he tells Quark that this was just a marketing ploy. "Would you buy a book called ''Suggestions of Acquisition''?"

* The Book of Pythia served this in the "[[ContinuityReboot reimagined]]" ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. With the [[EternalRecurrence circular nature of existence]] between humans and Cylons, however, it sometimes seemed that each race was the "god" to whom inspiration was found to write the passages and prophesies, in part. God was present, but not in a way that either side fully understood or appreciated--seemingly UsefulNotes/{{Pandeism}}, monotheism, and polytheism all rolled into a syncretic mess.

--->''To throw things at a bird is no sin.'' - [=TBoC=] 567:87
--->''If your camel spits on me, then I will spit on you in return. This is fair in the eyes of God.'' - [=TBoC=] 34:21
--->''You must worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. And also God's Lungs, and the Four Big Men, and the Immortal Bug.''
--->''This is to be called the Holy Hendecogy.'' - [=TBoC=] 510:51

** Taken UpToEleven in the Russian translation of ''Deep Space 9'', which calls the Ferengi text the ''Commandments of Money-grubbing'' and makes the rules sound like the Ten Commandments.

** The ''Rules of Acquisition'' of the Ferengi Actually they are a set of business guidelines, but they are said to be divinely inspired, and therefore sacred. But in "Body Parts" Quark meets the First Grand Negus in a dream -- he tells Quark that this was just a marketing ploy.
-->"Would you buy a book called ''Suggestions of Acquisition''?"

* ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'': Segulism's holy text is simply called "Scripture", and seems to be broadly similar to TheTorah, though the characters' names are different, there are twelve commandments instead of ten, and Scripture recounts the overthrow of the [[DraconicHumanoid Draconean]] civilization, which has no equivalent in the Torah.

* The ''Rules of Acquisition'' of the Ferengi in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Actually they are a set of business guidelines, but they are said to be divinely inspired, and therefore sacred. But in "Body Parts" Quark meets the First Grand Negus in a dream -- he tells Quark that this was just a marketing ploy.

* The Book of Pythia served this in the "[[ContinuityReboot reimagined]]" ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. With the [[EternalRecurrence circular nature of existence]] between humans and Cylons, however, it sometimes seemed that each race was the "god" to whom inspiration was found to write the passages and prophesies, in part. God was present, but not in a way that either side fully understood or appreciated--seemingly UsefulNotes/{{Pandeism}}, monotheism, and polythesism all rolled into a syncretic mess.

** The ''Chant of Light'' in the series is the holy text of the [[TheChurch Chantry]]. There are some members, called Chanters, who are not allowed to say anything that isn't part of the chant. Also the object of {{Orwellian Edit|or}}ing: When the Chantry branded the Dalish as heretics, they completely removed the "Canticle of Shartan", the section that dealt with the Dalish general who lead Andraste's armies against the Tevinter Imperium. This also conveniently removed Andraste's promise of Dalish sovereignty and allowed the Exalted March to steal the lands she gave them.
** The Qunari have the Tome of Koslun, scripture written by the founder of the Qun. In ''Videogame/DragonAgeII'', [[spoiler:Isabela]] stealing the tome is the reason why the Arishok and his army are in Kirkwall.