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tecoyah said:I seriously hope you arent ridiculing Buddhist teachings, though from your interpretation of Christs teachings it would not suprise me. For one to profess Christianity, and proceed to debase the Buddhist way of life is tantamount to slapping the Christ in the face, as they parallel each other in practice. I hesitate to say it but, perhaps you should re-read your bible.
You correction should be accepted - no gods in the meaning accepted by the western civilization, which has departed from mythological worldviews long time ago (historical views has replaced mythological ones). But does it also exactly mean no religion as a system of believes? Wiki says: Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma, "the teachings of the awakened one") is a religion, a practical philosophy, and arguably a psychology,…jfuh said:I'm not going to state which ones are from god, however I must point out to you that some of the text you have listed above never claim to be god.
Shinto is a form of animism, though there is the central sun goddess figure, but again far from true god status placed on by western standards. shinto is also strongly influences by Buddism and is often mistaken for a form of buddism. But the similarities are striking as Buddism too is lightly animism.
Ptskid would tell you that he personally knows god. Try to beat that.tecoyah said:I would hope to see the Faithful explain to me why they feel only ONE of these books could possibly be the true words of this God entity
tecoyah said:Throughout the history of Human civilization, Humans have felt a presence above and beyond what can be seen, and explained.
tecoyah said:Our creative and complex nature forces us to search continuously for an answer to "That Which Is"....and have Faith in something undefined, thus creating a need to define it.
tecoyah said:This is simply the result of who we are as a people.
tecoyah said:Humans have used this creation of the mind as justification for Hatred and destruction since the first "God" came to us, and we have continued to do so to this day.
tecoyah said:Rather than trying to understand why we need the supernatural phycologically in our lives,
tecoyah said:we blindly accept the manmade words of fabricated Gods as a means to inflict pain and devistation of those who happen to read a different book of God inspired words.
tecoyah said:…Gods as a means to inflict pain and devistation of those who happen to read a different book of God inspired words.
tecoyah said:…Gods as a means to inflict pain and devistation of those who happen to read a different book of God inspired words.
tecoyah said:…Gods as a means to inflict pain and devistation of those who happen to read a different book of God inspired words.
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