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  1. dyanaprajna2011

    Why are atheists interested in religion?

    There's many reasons. 1. religion as an area of study of itself 2. religion as a study of a broader topic, like sociology 3. to learn about religion, and it's many facets 4. to try to turn people to a more logical way of thinking 5. because some are religious; some Buddhists...
  2. dyanaprajna2011

    GOP: Autism is god's wrath on America

    World Wide Atheists: Chicago GOP hopeful: Autism and dementia are God’s punishments for LGBT rights (video) This is one of the reasons why I could never be a Republican. If this was an isolated incident, I wouldn't be so bothered by it. But this is just the latest in a long line of...
  3. dyanaprajna2011

    Christian persecution

    What a load of crap. It's not worth commenting any further.
  4. dyanaprajna2011

    Abrahamic God Creates...

    The problem here is, when talking about deity, all we can do is offer nothing more than metaphysical speculation. Alot of people have conceptions of said deity that really don't fit the facts of reality. If we're going to discuss the logicalness of a deity, scriptures and doctrines can't...
  5. dyanaprajna2011

    Restructuring the US

    The US is already fractured, so starting smaller countries sounds like a good idea. I don't really like the idea of it being geographical, but any other options just seems unfeasible. I would rather see a division based on socio-political ideas, but this would take alot of work, because it...
  6. dyanaprajna2011

    Abrahamic God Creates...

    Maybe so, but that's all we have to go on. Oh, I'm sure I could come up with some, but none that makes any sense to me. I'm attempting to be as logical as possible. I'm trying not to make any assumptions based on presuppositions, and instead work from what we know about reality.
  7. dyanaprajna2011

    Abrahamic God Creates...

    I see what you're saying. But, this sounds like creating wasn't done on the willful part of the deity, but simply an action of it's nature. This would suggest to me that said deity doesn't possess consciousness. This might suggest more of a deist or pantheist view of god.
  8. dyanaprajna2011

    Abrahamic God Creates...

    I understand what you're saying, I disagree with it. I'm having trouble accepting that something considered perfect would want to create in the first place. If we consider that one definition of perfect is complete, not lacking in anything, then the very fact that said being created would show...
  9. dyanaprajna2011

    Abrahamic God Creates...

    Like begets like. Perfection creates perfection. If god, who is considered perfect, created, this implies that he, in fact, isn't perfect. And even if god, considered perfect, created, it could only be perfect. The fact that this existence is imperfect, shows that, from this argument, god...
  10. dyanaprajna2011

    Where would I *not* be considered a heretic?

    I've found that there's really only two universal religions, and by that I mean not relying on the culture they grew up in, or the culture they settled in, and that's Christianity and Buddhism. Hinduism and Islam are mostly universal, Hinduism moreso than Islam, but Christianity and Buddhism...
  11. dyanaprajna2011

    The Lotus Sutra: mindfulness, meditation, sunyata

    Like Dogen, I'm a Zen practitioner who is highly devoted to the Lotus Sutra. I think that understanding it from the Zen perspective has been quite interesting. However, this has led me to a few questions: 1. Does the Lotus Sutra say anything about mindfulness? If so, what? 2. What does...
  12. dyanaprajna2011

    Where would I *not* be considered a heretic?

    Certain forms of Buddhism and Taoism would fit, and possibly some forms of Hinduism. I can't really think of any others at the moment.
  13. dyanaprajna2011

    Awards Time!

    Me-Shield of Brains and Brawn
  14. dyanaprajna2011

    More injustice from the Steubenville rape case...

    I've always admired whistleblowers and hacktivists. I think Anonymous does good work, and I think Bradley Manning should have been set free. Snowden should be considered a hero, and Asange shouldn't have went through what he did. But that's just me...
  15. dyanaprajna2011

    An issue between belief and practice

    That's what I think. And that's why I'm having this issue, because that doesn't seem to be the case in some things I read.
  16. dyanaprajna2011

    An issue between belief and practice

    I like the way you put that. I never thought about that. :)
  17. dyanaprajna2011

    An issue between belief and practice

    I know alot of Buddhists believe that all religions lead to the same goal. I know alot of Buddhists who say that we shouldn't judge other religions, and just let them be. And I know alot of Buddhists who say that we should keep our religion private, to ourselves. But this is where I'm having...
  18. dyanaprajna2011

    The resurrection, and salvation coming from god

    According to some/most of Christianity, salvation can only come from god, and only because of the resurrection of Jesus. I have a few questions about these claims: 1. Why is the resurrection important? Most religions teach some type of 'salvation', without the need of any kind of...
  19. dyanaprajna2011

    New evidence in support of quantum consciousness

    While I find this interesting, and even believe some of it, I doubt the science behind it, mostly because quantum physics itself is not 100%. There's still alot about quantum physics we don't understand, so trying to apply such findings to religious ideas, at least at this stage, is jumping the...
  20. dyanaprajna2011

    Malay Muslims upset over Christian use of "Allah" to refer to god

    I agree. It would be the same as English speaking Christians getting mad at another religion for using the word 'god' for their deity.
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