like hegelianism in that 'the idea', 'universal mind', progressively reveals itself in matter more and more, better and better, as time goes on , validating both matter and positivism, , evolutionism, teleology, developement forward (not repeating time cycles like eastern religions, nor...
hello, I've heard of various buddhist canons, tibetan, chinese, japanese, pali, and of how some sects say nichirin use the lotus sutra almost exclusively. My question is have these sects, in the same way some christian denominations have, labeled each others canons as say a false canon, like do...
hello I am trying to comprehend mara's role in buddhism as compared to satan in christianity... satan seems a lot worse.
specifically I am trying to see if mara desires to populate the hells with people by causing grave sins, or if he is just fine with keeping people in samsara, somewhere...
I was wondering, can the 'fruits of karma' in buddhism, be seen as a moral test? i.e. could the fruit of committing adultery come around in the next existence as a chance at committing adultery, plus the punishment thereof, or is it more, the karma of adultery is most likely to be having a...
ahem. that is an occupation, not a view about the world. occupations tend not to have consensus about such an issue. religions, do.
and i'd guess, no most don't seriously hahah cuz nobody really seriously believes in it in their day to day life
how then can you be a follower of the drug/druj,a drugevant, i.e. of the lie - how does one become a thief etc., if not convinced from outside; or if he is not convinced by some supernatural party, why call a supernatural party, the lie?
hello, I am wondering which religions call their scriptures 'a complete guide to reality'/'inerrant or infallible' or 'revealed by god as guarunteed of truth' - other than the Jewish and Christian?
I know hindus say the vedas are infallible, no?
hello, I am attempting to ascertain the role of king mara in buddhism.
From what I've seen it seems to me that mara is not neccesarily involved in tempting people into sin, like adultery, murder, illegal acts, lack of compassion, but rather in keeping people committing those virtues and vices...
hello, I am attempting to find a theologian with a certain viewpoint that is close to my own, so that I can defend my beliefs by reference to a more famous person than myself, if I ever have to... the specific belief I am trying to defend is:
I'm a bible christian, having read and reread it and...
I just got done reading my copy of A Notable Biblical Reference Manual, which is a supposed list of every supposed contradiction in the Christian Bible, and Ia m wondering, is there such a resource for any of the other major religions? Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim have been exposed to western...
hey what percent (about) of hindus participate in ceremonies involving an idol - pay homage to an idol, offer libation to an idol or food, anything involving an 'idol' as in a statue - not a lingam tho
If any one knows?
I'm not trying to be obnoxious and I'm very aware that they are...
Hello, I am attempting to find a denomination of anabaptist that is more Universalist in salvation than like a calvinist - I want to see if any have adopted Paul's view in Romans 3, that those who follow the gospel without knowing it, in uncontacted countries, went to heaven, whereas ONCE you...
hello, I am attempting to find out if there are any anabaptist denominations, especially mennonite, and any confessions, especially, showing the view expressed by paul that those uncontacted by the gospel can enter into heaven,
romans 2:11-16 and revelation 5:7
if they follow the dictates of...