Thanks for te reply.
There is one point where i still do need some explanation.
Where exactly do you see the aspect "religion" fullfilled by what you wrote above?
From what i read here you speak about a goal, reachable by following a path. But i see no supernatural things, nor any other things...
I would disagree.
Think about it from a different perspective.
You NOW do not believe it to be so, but if you had lived 2000 years ago the story wouldnt be so strange as to make you believe in its purely interpretative character;)
There is a reason why we still have young earth creationists and...
Hi Engyo,
i wouldn't say that i studied buddism really, so my statements are ones of current opinion.
I got this opinion by reading about the path of purity and combining this with the absence of the normal "religious" features of other religions.
There is no punishment, no reward, no absolute...
I go only as far as that because here already i have problems following.
As far as i know science and buddism are totally different things.
Science is occupied with how the world works. Buddism is (in my view so far) rather an ethical system dealing with behavioral patterns.
In other words...
Since i am familiar with arabs i know a bit more than the average westerner or in this case the lady that was invited once to an all womens gathering.
In the end its not a matter of veil or hijab or niqab or whatever. Its a matter of choice. If there is choice then it doesnt matter if you put...
Hi,
if we talk about "science" classes and scientific education, then creationism has no value and should not be included in any curriculum as a "legitimate theory".
If you want it to have value for kids then this might only be by including it in the classroom as "illegitimate claim".
In...
Hi ben,
thanks for the reply. Don't worry, I find no persuation or critics in your post (hopeyfully you dont find any in mine either).
i have no problem with your current opinion. Its an opinion and as such you are entitled to it just like anybody else is entitled to his own.
I do fear that i...
Well the simple question is the one i already asked others then.
Do you think that YOU personally can right now "choose" to actually love and enjoy (feel the desire) to have sex with someone of your own gender?
First of all you assume a design without arguing for it.
Secondly the statement that...
Hi ben,
i think your reasoning will end up in paradoxes and way to many assumptions.
We both agree that our perception of reality is limited.
We both might agree that there can be more beyond our perception and beyond our ability to comprehend.
I wouldn't state that there is anything beyond...
It depends a bit.
Or course you can say that it might be an escape for some people like alcohol or drugs or simple wishful thinking are. Its an esacpe in the way that you dellude yourself.
But if one claims that it is more than a dellusion, a real escape route, a way to "enlightenment" (as one...
Common descent is at the moment the result of the scientific method.
This is exactly the error you make.
It is said that a true seeker of truth seeks the truth no matter how it looks like.
Wether i have one or not was not part of the discussion.
Well, "with" fauth it seems you don't get really far.
You have no clue. You believe something of which you can't even tell us any details. Sorry but evolution explains things way better than "i have absoloutely no idea how.... i just know...
As far as i have seen by now you do evade questions.
So again:
"Could you ENJOY sex with another man? Could you ENJOY living in a (also) sexual relationship with such a man?"
Not really. I would rather say the question would sound like a "Could you ENJOY putting your penis into another mans bottom or have him doing it to you? Yould you ENJOY living in a (also) sexual relationship with such a man?
I didnt say it equals one another. I only said that one is also part...