March 28, 20241 yr Just now, Arthur Jackson said: He just wants Buddhism is the god category to blow up the curve on the whole crime thing Yeah, they try that religion thing with atheism too. Thankfully, not all theists are self serving POS like him. Let’s just hope he keeps believe in a god since it’s the only thing keeping him from raping and pillaging.
March 29, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Tnt4philly said: In some senses it is, but in most it is not. There is no god required for Buddhism but you can bring one along if you want. This is an interesting point. There are no deities to speak of in Buddhism. Like other religions, there are a core set of beliefs and a way one is supposed to go about living his or her life. But if you define religion as belief in a deity or deities, than it can be said that Buddhism is not a religion.
March 29, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said: @Procus gets it... You don't know the half of it
March 29, 20241 yr The Christian reaction to Trump’s Bible endorsement goes deeper than you think https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/us/donald-trump-bible-christianity-cec/index.html Quote "What has caused outrage with this Bible is that it includes the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, and even the lyrics to a Lee Greenwood song. So it’s adding to the Bible, and it’s adding specific political documents to the Bible that completely erase the separation of church and state.” Glad to hear that some are against this sort of thing.
March 29, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said: He just wants Buddhism in the god category to blow up the curve on the whole crime thing The whole crime thing which you excused yourself from after trying to make a piss poor argument? Yeah ok
March 29, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Tnt4philly said: "Do Buddhist believe in god?” No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origin in fear. The Buddha says: "Gripped by fear men go to the sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines". Dp 188 https://www.buddhanet.net/ans73.htm The point is that there is a defined moral code shared by members of the religion. That is the point with respect to atheism, where the self is the most important and takes the place of a god or moral code. Even in here you have atheists talking about their own personal moral code. I also see quotes about "just live a good life". The point is that to some, "a good life" is not good for all of society.
March 29, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Tnt4philly said: Yeah, they try that religion thing with atheism too. Thankfully, not all theists are self serving POS like him. Let’s just hope he keeps believe in a god since it’s the only thing keeping him from raping and pillaging. You're ignoring the point, and again I'm not sure how I'm self serving other than defending Christianity against your ridiculous attacks What the hell are you even talking about 'they try that religion thing with atheism'. It makes no sense
March 29, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, Procus said: This is an interesting point. There are no deities to speak of in Buddhism. Like other religions, there are a core set of beliefs and a way one is supposed to go about living his or her life. But if you define religion as belief in a deity or deities, than it can be said that Buddhism is not a religion. I just provided a link to literally dozens of Buddhist deities. To say they don't have any deities is wrong. It's just not how people like TNT want to view themselves--they want to be the higher power and not a god.
March 29, 20241 yr 9 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: The point is that there is a defined moral code shared by members of the religion. And that's a good argument for it being a religion - a common thread in all religions is a moral code and proscribed set of behaviors. It all comes down to semantics and definitions.
March 29, 20241 yr Be nice if following the alleged moral code was important to a majority of Christians.
March 29, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Be nice if following the alleged moral code was important to a majority of Christians. It is, it's the largest religion on the planet but you pick and choose what you want to see. There are countless charities, hospitals, and acts of good will but you'd rather worship yourself and pretend you're better than all Christians
March 29, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Mike31mt said: It is, it's the largest religion on the planet but you pick and choose what you want to see. There are countless charities, hospitals, and acts of good will but you'd rather worship yourself and pretend you're better than all Christians Not at all. I do not discount those Christians who do good works. A family member is a Lutheran Minister, and he is a holy man. Walks the walk. Both of my kids are baptized, although I am not. They seem to be a quiet minority. The vocal majority of those pretending to be Christian in the USA, are like Lauren Boebert. No turn the other cheek, no love for their fellow humans, and certainly no love for anyone DIFFERENT from them, and certainly not strangers, REGARDLESS of where those people are Christian or not. Bitter people like you condemning gays, despite what Jesus told you to do about ANYONE.
March 29, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Mike31mt said: The whole crime thing which you excused yourself from after trying to make a piss poor argument? Yeah ok I haven't had this much fun since @EagleVA stopped playing () Flat earthers and bad theists are truly kindred spirits at times. Some fundamental dialectical/cognitive deficiency. If only someone had done a study. If only there was some way to find out...
March 29, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Mike31mt said: The point is that there is a defined moral code shared by members of the religion. That is the point with respect to atheism, where the self is the most important and takes the place of a god or moral code. Even in here you have atheists talking about their own personal moral code. I also see quotes about "just live a good life". The point is that to some, "a good life" is not good for all of society. You seriously have no clue.
March 29, 20241 yr A defined moral code. The love your neighbor, wash hookers' feet, turn the other cheek code of the New Testament? The send a wrath of bears to kill children for making fun of a bald prophet, sell your disobedient daughter into slavery, stone your mother for planting two crops side by side in her garden, with extra stones because she has clothing made of two types of cloth, code of the Old Testament? From what I see a majority of US Christians want Leviticus, not Jesus. Then they make themselves into immense hypocrites, by proudly proclaiming support for a guy who paid off a porn star. A guy selling bibles and gold sneakers, with culty followers that put up gold statues of him.
March 29, 20241 yr 45 minutes ago, Toastrel said: ...wash hookers' feet... You, sir, have my attention! 😍
March 29, 20241 yr 50 minutes ago, Toastrel said: A defined moral code. The love your neighbor, wash hookers' feet, turn the other cheek code of the New Testament? The send a wrath of bears to kill children for making fun of a bald prophet, sell your disobedient daughter into slavery, stone your mother for planting two crops side by side in her garden, with extra stones because she has clothing made of two types of cloth, code of the Old Testament? From what I see a majority of US Christians want Leviticus, not Jesus. Then they make themselves into immense hypocrites, by proudly proclaiming support for a guy who paid off a porn star. A guy selling bibles and gold sneakers, with culty followers that put up gold statues of him. You can say that about followers of almost any religion - certainly the monotheistic ones.
March 29, 20241 yr 30 minutes ago, Procus said: Wasn't sure whether to post this here or the Science thread fighting words
March 29, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Procus said: Wasn't sure whether to post this here or the Science thread
March 29, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, Mike31mt said: I just provided a link to literally dozens of Buddhist deities. To say they don't have any deities is wrong. It's just not how people like TNT want to view themselves--they want to be the higher power and not a god. Siddhartha Gautama aka Buddha rejected that a creator God existed.
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