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  1. Buddha Dharma

    How is 'not accepting the act' a true acceptance of homosexuality?

    I already stated two issues that make it impossible to act as though personal choice in religion was free from greater social consequences. Do you think the identity MUST exclude sex? If you do, we aren't talking about a sexual identity, but a belief about being something. That's your...
  2. Buddha Dharma

    How is 'not accepting the act' a true acceptance of homosexuality?

    Yes I'm aware of that. I happen to think it's a sad departure from your faith's usual tolerance and acceptance of people.
  3. Buddha Dharma

    How is 'not accepting the act' a true acceptance of homosexuality?

    I think it's deception to act as though change can be not actual change because of theological maneuvering.
  4. Buddha Dharma

    I find myself in an interesting place

    I've kind of been having a crisis in my Buddhism for the course of a month or so. I've been advised not to act fast on it, so I haven't. I have taken time and thought about a lot of things. I still identify with Buddhism, I'd say about 80%, but I find more and more that it probably isn't where...
  5. Buddha Dharma

    Here we are again...

    Hello. Always nice to see a fellow devotee of the gods of Hellas. That is part of my spirituality.
  6. Buddha Dharma

    These Students will change US gun landscape

    We've gotten off the subject, which is always the goal with the gun crowd. Talk about anything except the gun issue. Keep em talking...
  7. Buddha Dharma

    Retired U.S. Justice Wants 2nd Amendment Repealed

    Here's the thing about the Second Amendment @Stanyon... The open-ended interpretation favored by the gun lobby is a modern invention. Chief Justice Warren Burger said as much. Justices that have been around the block know it's a modern invention. It came about through the NRA funneling...
  8. Buddha Dharma

    One More Reason Donny Has To Twist And Turn At Night

    Sadly yes. Because his supporters approve of his behavior. We've seen the women jokes here on RF from some approving.
  9. Buddha Dharma

    The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

    Cheese. I was too lazy to use a knife.
  10. Buddha Dharma

    Peace on Earth?

    You're right that the peaceful course isn't always open to us. Then we have a difficult decision to make rather dying peacefully is better, or taking up arms is better, as Buddhists historically believed can be the case. Buddhists are arguably obligated to fight against mass scale oppression...
  11. Buddha Dharma

    The last post is the WINNER!

    Hey! No shoving! That's not polite... This is the winning post. Don't spoil my debut :D
  12. Buddha Dharma

    Tennessee passes Law, schools must display “In God We Trust”

    While this kind of thing isn't right in my opinion, it's far from the biggest concern we should be worrying about. Letting the religious right have the national motto in schools so that they can feel all special and everything is peanuts compared to other issues. In fact, throwing them this one...
  13. Buddha Dharma

    Why the Double Standard on Jesus and Allah U.K.?

    Why should I take the words of these men as representative of Islam, or especially all Muslims- when this kind of fundamentalism in Islam is very new? It doesn't reflect the historical religion at all, which championed the arts, promoted philosophy, and led the most pluralistic societies of the...
  14. Buddha Dharma

    SCOTUS denies PA Republican appeal: Redistricting

    Well here's hoping NC gets it sorted out. The last several elections suggest that the people of NC aren't actually having their voices heard- since even with the state as gerrymandered as it is, Democrats keep getting good numbers.
  15. Buddha Dharma

    How is 'not accepting the act' a true acceptance of homosexuality?

    For one, emotional fulfillment is essential to most people's happiness. They aren't asexual. Funny, that's the point I've seen not touched at all in responses to my OP. There is no reasonably dividing homosexuals from seeking said fulfillment once acknowledged. I'm not really surprised...
  16. Buddha Dharma

    One More Reason Donny Has To Twist And Turn At Night

    My that's awfully useful. If it's true we have the proof regardless of what his supporters might say.
  17. Buddha Dharma

    SCOTUS denies PA Republican appeal: Redistricting

    The country is already more left than the government would lead outsiders to believe. Most Americans, including young conservatives that identify as Libertarian- just so happen to be social liberals.
  18. Buddha Dharma

    The last post is the WINNER!

    (Pops up out of the ground) Hi!
  19. Buddha Dharma

    Peace on Earth?

    That was Gandhi's very Jain side coming out :) Jains and Buddhists both believe in right action without speculating too much to motivations, causes, and other questions that may keep a person from practice.
  20. Buddha Dharma

    Anatta (An Essay by an individual Buddhist philosopher)

    @LukeS Buddhism doesn't teach void emptiness, but it is often misunderstood as doing so. It teaches there is a subtle not-self consciousness at play in the background of all this. Buddha-nature is how Mahayana actually terms it. In earlier literature that even Theravada wouldn't dispute, it is...
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