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  1. DharmaCatLamp

    Learned Helplessness and Religion

    Part of the reason I am more interested in Dharmic religions and Taoism is because they have much more to do with us working towards something rather than just believing something. You get to be the one to practice and grow as a person, you get to try and figure things out. You can take a guru...
  2. DharmaCatLamp

    There is no Buddhism without Hinduism and Vice Versa

    It's a very interesting history. There is influence back and forth pretty much up the invasion of the Mughals / Turkic people in India.
  3. DharmaCatLamp

    There is no Buddhism without Hinduism and Vice Versa

    Well I am very glad to hear it! It's always fun to share knowledge.
  4. DharmaCatLamp

    There is no Buddhism without Hinduism and Vice Versa

    Howdy. So, there was a thread recently on Hinduism vs Buddhism. I personally thought it was a fun thread but what had occurred to me as I read it was that a lot of people seem to divorce these two traditions from each other. It’s true that there is an abundance of differences that have emerged...
  5. DharmaCatLamp

    In fairness, it should be asked: What is the definition of...

    I think the way I would put it is that these terms don't really posses a definition in the sense of having one or another strict meaning. They are shortcuts we take in communication where most people agree on the general idea which gets more complex depending on who you are talking to...
  6. DharmaCatLamp

    Buddism vs Hinduism

    I think this is a bit of a reversal. Societies don't tend to get born from religion.. Spirituality is something that evolves along with the societies they come from. Lets not forget that Buddhism coexisted while the caste system was a thing. The Buddha did not condemn the caste system but would...
  7. DharmaCatLamp

    Your Favorite Part of a Religion You Don't Practice?

    I have considered wearing a turban out in public but I need better wrapping to make it work. Hats are fun!
  8. DharmaCatLamp

    Happy Rama Navami

    Howdy, I don't suppose you could point me in the direction of or provide a brief explanation of Ram Navmi to someone fairly new to Hindu Holidays could ya? I could and am going to look up explanations myself here in a bit but I often find it useful to get other folk's personal views.
  9. DharmaCatLamp

    Christians: Sirona's Palm Sunday rant

    You know you say that but I bet you could at least try to flip an egg with a spanner if you wanted to lol
  10. DharmaCatLamp

    What Is Your Most Controversial Religious Opinion?

    I personally think this is very true and that people should decide for themselves. I think this mostly becomes a problem depending on the type of religion. For instance you can't really cherry pick something like Daoism because by it's very nature there isn't really a cannon to what daosim is...
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    Christians: Sirona's Palm Sunday rant

    I like this picture, thanks for sharing it!
  12. DharmaCatLamp

    What Is Your Most Controversial Religious Opinion?

    I mean... No? Most of this stuff is fairly well known and not exactly hidden. I wouldn't say the Jewish communities were the primary targets of the crusades either so much as they happened to be targeted along the way. Of course it also depends what you are talking about when you say crusades...
  13. DharmaCatLamp

    Some things I am noticing

    The folks in the previous thread. You know the one you mentioned at the start lol.
  14. DharmaCatLamp

    Christians: Sirona's Palm Sunday rant

    I think it's an interesting thing to witness. Heck when I came into work tonight I talked with one of the guys here who is a pastor. We were talking about a variety of topics but one thing that stuck out to me was when he said Christians in the united states were oppressed. I thought that was...
  15. DharmaCatLamp

    What Is Your Most Controversial Religious Opinion?

    I mean if you are talking about various deaths and the idea of genocide being over I don't actually think I know too many people who think that there will never be a genocide again considering you know... Those keep happening lol but I think I get what you mean now.
  16. DharmaCatLamp

    Some things I am noticing

    I'd also throw out there that there was a time when things like you know eugenics was considered science. It always sounds a bit like a cult when people just say "trust the science to me." in the same way as when people say " Just trust the Guru." Ultimately we are dealing with things done by...
  17. DharmaCatLamp

    Some things I am noticing

    I mean tbh this kind of just sounds like the sort of thing someone posts right after another post has upset them but maybe I am reading too much into it. I've just never known someone to make those kind of posts without it being about them being about them being right and the other person being...
  18. DharmaCatLamp

    What Is Your Most Controversial Religious Opinion?

    I'm going to be honest in saying I am not 100% sure what you are saying here lol.
  19. DharmaCatLamp

    Some things I am noticing

    So what you are saying is that people have opinions and then agree with things when it agrees with them and not when it doesn't? Mein Gott how shocking! But lets be real. Really real. What you are saying is " IF someone disagrees with my interpretation of specific data and how it relates to...
  20. DharmaCatLamp

    Some Important Facts for the Religious (and Everybody Else)

    I personally find exploring ancient religions or the idea of paleolithic religion really interesting but like you said very speculative. It's fun to think about what our ancient ancestors may of believed but we will probably never know. Heck even more modern pagan/polytheistic traditions tend...
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