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  1. dyanaprajna2011

    Something's wrong with the US

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/check-out-the-terrible-paper-that-earned-a-player-an-a--at-north-carolina-151005969.html I've supported education for years. It's probably the most important thing in life. I've always disliked how athletes are put on a pedestal in this...
  2. dyanaprajna2011

    Why there are Always More Conservatives than Liberals?

    Quick question: why is it assumed that conservatives want a smaller government? It seems to me that conservatives want just as big a government as liberals, just aiming it in a different direction.
  3. dyanaprajna2011

    A "Smoking Gun".

    What's really sad is that there are some Christians who say that this is evidence for god and creationism, though I have no idea how.
  4. dyanaprajna2011

    Ya just can't make up stuff like this

    Now if he could just pray too hard for war to end, poverty to end, and all hungry people to be fed, we'd really be into something here.
  5. dyanaprajna2011

    How Big A Cheapskate Are Ya?

    It's not cheap, it's frugal. :)
  6. dyanaprajna2011

    Why I believe God Created Life.

    As has been pointed out, evolution =/= abiogenesis. What I find funny is how people who don't think abiogenesis could have happened, even completely randomly, somehow think humans, or even life in general, simply has to exist for some reason. Even if it is just random chance that abiogenesis...
  7. dyanaprajna2011

    Why's everyone so depressed?

    I won't necessarily disagree with the OP, but I'll add my thoughts to this topic. Here's some reasons why we notice depression more now over just a century or two ago: 1. Depression used to be considered a form of spiritual immaturity. In other words, if a certain person wasn't living "in...
  8. dyanaprajna2011

    The Latter Days - Multi-Religious Discussion

    First, Buddhism is not a religion "of the book". We have thousands of religious scriptures, depending on particular school. Second, Buddhism, as well as most eastern religions, don't generally tend to view history as linear, but as circular. When one era ends, a new one begins. Buddhists...
  9. dyanaprajna2011

    What is your mode of transportation?

    2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. I love sport utility trucks.
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    New, Emergent Religions...

    I think religion should agree with science to some extent, moreso than just not disagreeing with them. But as Luis pointed out, it's not exactly in religion's interest to completely agree with science. One of the goals of religion is transcendence, and this basically includes an ideal that...
  11. dyanaprajna2011

    When, if ever, is lying morally permissible?

    That would depend on the purpose of the war, but I would have to say, in general, no.
  12. dyanaprajna2011

    When, if ever, is lying morally permissible?

    Like technomage said, to save lives.
  13. dyanaprajna2011

    Oh Hell! The Musical.

    Maybe a musical about Milton's "Paradise Lost"?
  14. dyanaprajna2011

    "Creationists demand equal airtime on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘Cosmos’ to provide ‘balance’"

    Then I demand that creationist preachers start giving equal pulpit time to evolution.
  15. dyanaprajna2011

    Dangers of emptiness/anatta?

    By itself, the experience of anatta/sunyata can be something that causes a mental breakdown, in the psychological sense. Many Buddhist teachers warn against trying to get too deep into meditation without a teacher, and this is one of the reasons. I think part of the problem is trying to get to...
  16. dyanaprajna2011

    What is the purpose of life in Buddhism? To what end do we practice mindfulness?

    To get back to the natural state, before conceptual thought.
  17. dyanaprajna2011

    Why has Hell been reduced to a metaphor

    I have no problem with the teachings of hell, as long as it's not coupled with the idea of a loving god. Personally, I don't believe in any of it.
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    The Awakening of Faith in the Mahyna

    Chan and Pure Land never really separated in China. Nor in Vietnam or Korea, for that matter. It wasn't until Mahayana Buddhism entered Japan that it began to separate into different, often competing schools.
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    The Awakening of Faith in the Mahyna

    Pure Land and others of a devotional bent reference it quite a bit as well.
  20. dyanaprajna2011

    Fred Phelps, founder of Westboro Baptist Church, dies

    http://news.yahoo.com/phelps-tested-free-speech-anti-gay-protests-173409742.html I'm going to refrain from saying what I think, but I'll just leave this info here.
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