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  1. DharmaCatLamp

    Are all Religions the Same ?- Dr. David Frawley

    I don't even really think he is saying that. In all honesty it kind of sounds like he is saying Abrahamic traditions and Dharmic traditions are completely different. It also kind of sounds like he keeps sort of putting down Christianity and Islam.
  2. DharmaCatLamp

    Are all Religions the Same ?- Dr. David Frawley

    Honestly I feel the same way. I think the talk is interesting but there is something about people who add titles like 'Dr' to things that almost immediately seems fishy to me.
  3. DharmaCatLamp

    Color Your Religion

    I've always had a strong attachment to deep blues and have kind of felt that path I'm on relates to that in a variety of ways. Other than that considering I do a lot of Hindu and Buddhist practices in terms of meditation and Bhakti I suppose saffron would be a close second. That and it looks...
  4. DharmaCatLamp

    Does this mean Jesus is God?

    I think even though John has the highest christology of any of the gospels it's never directly states that Jesus is God. The closest we get is John 1 verses 1 through 5 where it says 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the...
  5. DharmaCatLamp

    Are all Religions the Same ?- Dr. David Frawley

    Howdy. I was browsing youtube looking for different content related to Dharma and came across this video. I thought it was pretty interesting and might be something worth sharing. What do you guys think about the content of the video?
  6. DharmaCatLamp

    What is a Deal-Breaker for You?

    I have in the past tried to make things work with someone who was rather different than me in terms of politics. It sorta worked for a bit but eventually we realized you can't really do much if your world views just don't mesh.
  7. DharmaCatLamp

    What is a Deal-Breaker for You?

    You might say that is quite low but in reality the amount of people I have known who would put up with constant abuse is pretty high. When I was younger, literally a decade ago now, I was hanging around with someone who claimed to be my friend but constantly abused me. Just constantly making...
  8. DharmaCatLamp

    What is a Deal-Breaker for You?

    Recently I have been browsing a certain dating app because it's fun to look at people's profiles. The thing I noticed is that a lot of people seem to have deal-breakers that ranged from reasonable to out and out silly. If you didn't support literally every single political movement they...
  9. DharmaCatLamp

    My Views on Scripture

    I think you have a decent point there and that might actually be a better way to phrase the nature of God within cultural differences.
  10. DharmaCatLamp

    What or Who is "God"

    When I talk to people about God i'll sort of change the definition slightly depending on how in depth a person wants me to get. Some people just don't really care about esoteric ideas about divinity so if I ramble off some 3 paragraph long definition with a ton of caveats they just don't really...
  11. DharmaCatLamp

    My Views on Scripture

    Howdy! Recently I have been thinking about scripture an awful lot as I have been going through various Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh scriptures. I thought it might be interesting to discuss the view I have come to embrace and see if you guys had any interesting thoughts or responses. I think that...
  12. DharmaCatLamp

    Howdy

    Howdy back at ya from a cat!
  13. DharmaCatLamp

    Skepticism about Gurus

    If I remember correctly it is the Risala but I can't find it online anywhere to double check.
  14. DharmaCatLamp

    Skepticism about Gurus

    For me I was originally going to settle on Islam. I fell in love with certain parts of it and wanted to stick to that but overtime too many questions came up that Islam didn't seem to have a satisfactory answer for. Too many little things bothered me and over time I found that I could not call...
  15. DharmaCatLamp

    Skepticism about Gurus

    It is more about the idea of putting Muhammad and his actions on a pedestal. Yes you do not have a literal teacher or guru but the idea of putting Muhammad's behavior as above the behavior for all other men throughout time and something worthy of duplicating is similar to the idea behind a guru...
  16. DharmaCatLamp

    Skepticism about Gurus

    I think it makes sense not to really have gurus on the level of authoritative persons. Though I have seen similar elements of guru like devotion among Muslims and one could argue strict adherence to the sunnah might be something similar. I think it's a balancing act one way or another.
  17. DharmaCatLamp

    Skepticism about Gurus

    I mean I have been looking into religion for about 14 years now ( I just realized it will be 14 years in the coming 3 months anyway) and I have researched numerous religions as well as practiced several in that time frame. I practiced Islam of various stripes ( focusing on different schools of...
  18. DharmaCatLamp

    Bahai scholarship of all scripture

    What I mean is that bias is going to creep up pretty much no matter what and the idea that any group is completely free of bias is silly. Even if you are talking about the bias that comes with using certain methods over others, using certain scriptures etc.
  19. DharmaCatLamp

    Bahai scholarship of all scripture

    I would agree. As an example I greatly enjoy studying early Christianity and seeing how its views changed overtime to form the general orthodoxy that most churches in some way follow to this day. On more than one occasion I have read Christian scholars who would misrepresent the old testament...
  20. DharmaCatLamp

    Bahai scholarship of all scripture

    I think pretty much any scholarship has to deal with being biased and I think it's not that surprising really. For me personally I believe that you can find truth in any scripture and that any scripture can guide you in the right direction depending on how you look at it. However, that isn't...
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