Do you take into account the problematic aspects of attempting to mesh many differing religious traditions, as Blavatsky did? Acting as though their terminology and definitions could be harmonized in a way true to the founders.
I tell him that he doesn't have a holistic understanding of reality and humanity's problems like the Dharmic religions offer, so his religion can't be the whole truth. That the Buddha knew reality inside and out because he penetrated into it and attained the awakened eye of enlightenment.
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I see what you're saying about the community aspect, but that doesn't necessarily justify it in my view. This goes deeper than just sacrifice for me, but this thread isn't about that.
I do want it understood that the collusion being false or non-existent would not change my opinion of Trump in the slightest. I will NEVER think that the inhumane things he does, or disregarding the lives of 'others' is somehow right.
The man is still a horrible human being, from my...
Truth appears to be grounded in an unknown to us transcendent thing. Therefore, all truth we have until now hit on is aiming at that. That is one explanation.
@lewisnotmiller I was raised an agnostic, did you know that? :)
I never considered a lot of the philosophical arguments concerning belief and disbelief, or had the occasion to hear them.
Whenever I did- I realized how much I'd taken for granted as a skeptic.
I actually don't assume necessarily that Trump is stupid. I understand why it's more comforting to believe he is. Otherwise we'd have to acknowledge we're dealing with another Hitler- a genius in manipulating the thought processes of the masses, which is a frightening thought
We don't know the...