The question often comes up of whether Christians should read/study anything other than the Bible. The answer is, read and study all you are capable of. Only believe, read, and study the Bible, use it as your standard.
Biblical Christianity is not a cult. The first indication of a cult is in instructing its adherents not to read or listen to any other viewpoint. If you desire to rid yourself of a porch visit by a JW or an LDS, just get a Bible out and begin to discuss it with them.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Unlike false teachings, the Bible, being the truth, is in no fear of anything. The more you know and understand its opposition, the more you will understand it. Take evolutionists as an example of maintaining a cult. They fight tooth and nail to keep any other theory out of the public view, as they know their theory will not hold up against true reason and inquiry.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The Lord commands us to study, not just the Bible, but everything we might need to rightly divide and understand it properly. You certainly cannot understand it without a rudimentary knowledge of English grammar; there are sentences in it with over two hundred words that must be rightly understood. Of course, I am speaking of the KJV. This is true as it is a literal translation; Greek has these long sentence structures.
History and science can only enhance your grasp of the Scriptures—true science, not some erroneous hypothesis. It is good to know the ridiculous lengths the ungodly will go in their fallacies, especially since they have all been pointed out, explained, or condemned in the Bible thousands of years before they think they came up with them.
So yes, biblical Christianity encourages you to read, study, and know as much as possible. As long as you know and diligently study the Bible, you will find all roads lead to God in doing so.
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