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  1. Sundance

    Happy Birthday, Renki !!!!

    Thanks a ton, @Revoltingest!!
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    Prayer

    My favorite times to pray would be before beginning anything, whether eating, bathing, heading to work, or heading home. As to which type, I honestly admire both, but I suppose I prefer freer sorts of praying, being that they’re more reflective of my unorganized personality.
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    Monotheistic Pagans

    Hi, @Vouthon! I suppose my conception of the Divine is more henotheistic than monotheist proper, though in certain aspects, it approaches monotheism to the point where it’s practically indistinguishable. As for the word “Pagan”, what tends to be left out regarding its origins is that...
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    After a brief spiritual journey to the Land of the Rising Sun, I, the young poet Athanasius...

    After a brief spiritual journey to the Land of the Rising Sun, I, the young poet Athanasius, endeavor to return to the Painted Porch.
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    Is your tradition sometimes discriminated against?

    In Japanese history, followers of Buddhism in general, as well as specifically Pure Land Buddhists, were attacked and exiled, a few were killed, through various points, not only by established governments but also other Buddhist sects. This was mainly due to the insistence of Honen Shonin and...
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    Abstemiousness

    One of the essential teachings of the Buddha is avoiding the extremes of both self-indulgence and self-denial. So, yes, abstemiousness is important in Buddhism.
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    Pictures From Your Faith

    The Amitabha Buddha (or Lord Amida)
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    Pictures From Your Faith

    This is the Nembutsu (Namu Amida Butsu)!
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    Pictures From Your Faith

    An older Master Shinran (the founder of the True Pure Land sect in Japan) with the Nembutsu on the side.
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    Pictures From Your Faith

    This is the Buddha Avalokitesvara, in His Form of Guan Yin.
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    Music

    Hmmmmm….my musical preferences are all over the place; my ears are wide open. Some of my favorite styles are early Punk (à la The Ramones, The Romantics, The Clash, and Death), Shoegaze/Dream Pop, Chillwave, 80’s New Wave, different kinds of Jazz music, Jazz-Rap, 80’s R&B, Classic Soul, Funk...
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    Why Did You Reject Jesus?

    I don’t follow Jesus’s Teachings, but I don’t reject that He was a truly holy soul. Absolutely not! I simply chose a different path. Interestingly, Master Shinran’s Pure Land teachings do have rather strong parallels with those of Jesus, but this isn’t the thread for that.
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    Other People's Gods

    As a Pure Land Buddhist, to start, Buddhism absolutely acknowledges the existence of various divine beings, gods if you will, and various schools do worship different buddhas and bodhisattvas. When Buddhism spread to China, Korea, Japan, and into Southeast Asia, it mingled with the local...
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    A syncretic outline

    Namu Amida Butsu. This is sort of not accurate. There is no Creator God in Buddhism, but there indeed are many other gods. They are taught as being themselves trapped in the endless cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth, nevertheless they are venerable. In various forms of Japanese...
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    Etymology of Your Religion's Name

    It’ll be a bit of long story, so grab some popcorn and get cozy! Buddhism in general is named for the historical figure who came to our world as Siddhartha Gautama (also named ‘Shakyamuni’ for his clan of origin, the Shakya) and, after He attained enlightenment underneath a tree, became known...
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    Jesus as Christ

    Dear friend, I think you might have mistitled the thread, given the question. The Messiah figure in Judaism is not divine unto himself. Would your thread not have been more suitably titled ‘Jesus as God’? To address the question asked, although I would fall outside the immediate religious...
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    TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF...

    Ahhhhh… merveilleux, Rival! You’ll be doing a very kind thing! Je te souhaite bonne chance.
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    TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF...

    If I may ask, @Rival, what is the job interview for?
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    TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF...

    Where to start, where to start. I’m a blue-collar worker, a college dropout, part-time poet, a philosopher with his head stuck in the clouds, a soul trapped between heaven and the earth. I’m your hallunicating bookworm, your wonky yet hopeful romantic, your polyglot, and the fire that can...
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    The Bahai interpretation of Jesus, the crucifixion, and him in the Qur'an

    Well, Josephus wrote using Koine Greek, not Latin. The early Western church used Latin. So you truly believe Josephus said "Amsheeha allazey kaalatha eantha Alaa anbiyaa" really? And why does the Greek text differ so much? Dont you think you should scrutinise this more? Yet I appreciate your...
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