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    Do we really need to be Forgiven????

    Maybe Gods forgiveness saves us from asking other people for forgiveness, and we get the psychological benefits without being treated badly.
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    Righteousness

    Christianity is a tiny bit like tantric Buddhism, worship the guru, and his righteousness becomes yours through identification / introjection. The main difference being tantric yidams (deities) are usually more at peace in their ways, as compared to being crucified.
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    Is Faith Certainty?

    I think belief, and faith, are linked to the oxytocin system - just an educated guess. And this hormone gives a sense of security and trust. So, for me in a Muslim community I can trust - this social relationship actually focuses my sense of belief, confidence, security, and trust in the...
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    Is Islam the only big religion that condemns everyone else to hell?

    Ive no idea and I'm a Muslim.
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    Whos who?

    Cant tell if youre being snarky to be honest. My stress cortex is hyper sensestve too. Waaaa. But Ill give you both a hi! But thanks for the replies, I like to be polite. I have been Christian and Buddhist. Christianity I liked the seromon on the mount especially, and Buddhism I was with the...
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    Sophia...

    I thought Hagia Sophia was a mosque?
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    The Buddha's Blessings

    I studied gelugpa / kadampa buddhism - a vidualised buddha blesses by emanating streams of light and nectar, purifying our mind and negative karma. The visualised buddha can be seen as part of the "field of merit" ie sacred teachers seen in front of us, on their lotus sun and moon seats, and...
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    Whos who?

    If ever I wouldn't read a book its a who's who. I never made much of myself in life, in terms of materialist reference. Not that bright, plus more inclined to religious life, inspired by ideas of poverty and contemplation. Im scared to be honest, im such a failure in the capitalistic sense.
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    Question on Sikhism - nature of shabd

    Hey thanks!
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    Are There Any Universal Morals?

    Sorry for the long posts. Oops heres another one: 36- Glory be to the One, who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as themselves, and other things they do not know. (36- Ya-Seen, 36) In my system there is universal and particular, yin and yang. I think universal...
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    Question on Sikhism - nature of shabd

    "Shabd" can mean name, hymn, cosmic force and some other things (I am told). IN Sikh scripture some are said to sing of Gods power, some his liberality etc. I would like to know, what is shabd? I am thinking it is meditation, focus on gods name, recitation of scripture, but also maybe because...
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    Could the human brain be the source of the human soul?

    Just an idea: if phenomenology is an higher order emergent feature resulting from brain activity (cells interacting with one another etc), maybe the soul is a higher order feature resulting from the interaciton of phenomenon with themselves (i.e. emerges as a result of our existential condition...
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    The Best Vocalists

    Not pop or rock, but Cecila Bartoli most honey like voice ever known to me.
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    What is the most depressing song ever?

    I like tragic classical music, but don't know much except for this. Its not depressing as such, but its a sad theme and I m more of a bubbly character than gloomy. I tend to find contemporary pop music depressing, because its so dire its dissapointingly bad.
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    Could the human brain be the source of the human soul?

    Is water the source of steam?
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    How Do We Know Something is True?

    Objection: analytically true sounds mathematical. But its true that I am sitting at a computer, so unless "experience is an axiom" there are other forms of truth. I treat experience as a posit from which claims can be derived.
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    Should I cut my hair?

    In this world of common hair cuts, long hair is the low entropy decision - don't cut it, it may be a sign of fitness.
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    How Do We Know Something is True?

    To me truth and states of affairs are primarily phenomenalist. Relating to direct experience and to personal life memories. I would add that knowledge can be defeasible tho, all inductive claims are defeasible I think.. Science gives us corroborated theories. Just as memory and cognitive maps...
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    Comparitive explanations for the existence of evil

    The terms "evil" and "good" are instruments on our project of rational attraction to being. Basically usage of "good" clusteres around life promotion, and "evil" clusters around life denial, in a non random manner. All this got mixed up with faith and early mythology. When it comes to "theft is...
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    Christians still believe Earth is flat.

    Which geometry of space are you presuming? I thought it depends on you maths presumptions? Like a geocentric model of the world it used epicycles which are valid but more complex than the heliocentric model. Likewise you can have a flat Earth, but you need to see the rest of the universe...
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