A matter of perspective...
Most Buddhists do not worship idols, let alone a creator god.
Let me ask you a question, since you brought up idol worship:
What is the difference between an objective physical idol, and an ideated idol. By "ideated," I mean "ideation," a "construct of the mind."...
Regarding "intelligent design," I would agree with Monk of Reason. "Who cares" would be a good Buddhist answer.
But if you actually really, really, really want to know about how the Buddha explains reality and how he says reality - our world - comes into being, then I would refer you to the...
In very ancient times (thousands and thousands of years ago before the English language was born) the word "Karma" had a very mundane meaning. Unfortunately with all of these spiritual philosophies developing over time that used the word "karma," it took on a spiritual meaning, and lost its once...
Thank you G-A! I'll stick around :)
Ethnically my family is mixed with Thai & Chinese (Taiwanese to be specific, Hokkien to be even more specific!) But they lived in a province of Thailand which was captured by Thailand from Cambodia in about 1400 AD-ish. In the 60s-70s when Thailand wanted to...
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But many Westerners and Easterners can say: "Well, that's great but what about Buddha's concept of Anatta/Anatma?" Didn't he reject the idea of an immortal spirit? No, not exactly.
The concept of Anatta/Anatma has to be put into its proper contextual time and place, if we desire to...
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Thank you G-A :) I'll try to answer both your questions as honestly as I can:
In Buddhism, there is something called the "10/4 Unfathomable Questions," which the Buddha during his lifetime was silent about, refused to answer, refused to debate, and never expounded upon.
The 10-14...
It would be intellectually dishonest to remove this document (Basic Points of Unity) out of its native context, and to present it as a list of things a person must adopt to be a Buddhist.
The context of these unifying points is that Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism spent several...
Just to clarify something for those who care to know:
There are several schools/yanas of Buddhism. The two mains ones are (1) Theravada aka Southern Buddhism, & (2) Mahayana aka Northern Buddhism.
Theravada Buddhism's "territory" is in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Mahayana...
There is a story my late bhikkhu grandfather told me once about this subject. I don't know the English version, so I can't quote it or find citation for you. My late grandfather didn't speak English, and didn't get his Buddhism from a book or the internet.
The story goes that one day after...
LMAO! That was good. I don't think Ken has much experience with girls either :)
And what you say about female animals in nature is true. The males have to impress the females if they want to get the females.
What the hell?
So Elohim (God) is a spirit being and he likes having spirit sex with a different species. And Satan is a spirit being who wants to have sex with his own kind?
Wouldn't we humans be like animals to God? That would make God into bestiality? Satan sounds more sane.
o_O
If Elohim (God) has a "tool" and he uses his tool to have intercourse with your spirit to inseminate you with his sperm of knowledge, and you are a guy, wouldn't that make God gay?
In THEORY, yes, this does sound great. In practice, it is another thing altogether. Here are some rhetorical examples to think about:
1. A Left Hand Pather devotes 10 years to being a devout Muslim and prays to Mecca 5 times a day for 10 years: would you still consider and accept him as a...
GOOD! Muahahaha!
Excellent Glenn. Now you're starting to do what they call: "Thinking for yourself," or "questioning things." This is the first step to being an intelligent free thinker.
Now, when you have time: READ THIS. It'll start you off in the right... left... direction :)