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  1. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    :facepalm::shrug::(This has to be one of the most sad and disillusioned posts I have ever read here. To imagine such a horrific scenario means, at least to me, that you do not understand a single thing that Christ taught. Not even one.
  2. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    I could not possibly disagree more. Who are you to state that this is the truth? How in the world do you explain the infirmities of cancer to someone who wants to believe that Christ would physically heal them? If you speak only here of your 'heaven', prove that this is so. Since we know you...
  3. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Perhaps a new thread that discusses that concept? Just a thought Skwim. I know I would enjoy it as I enjoy most of your posts.
  4. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    I would strongly disagree with you about it being hearsay. I would say that my experiences with God are what led me to Buddhism. If you choose to disbelieve in God, however you would like to define that, mores the power to you. My father was an atheist and one of the most caring and loving...
  5. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Very nicely spoken. Bravo!
  6. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    I think that is a lovely sentiment and would further say, that that is how I found my way to God, albeit through the Buddhist POV. I believe that as long as one has found peace, and if that peace contains God, it should not matter to anyone else. The relationship of God, or even a lack of a...
  7. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Ah but if God is omnipotent, which you say God is, then God knows who will deny God and it is God who ends up being culpable for those God sends to hell. Not a very appealing God, IMO. I prefer the God I view God as, one from a Buddhist POV which has me learning from my mistakes and striving...
  8. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    I don't think so. If God is as unapproachable as you make God out to be, what is the point of having this God in the first place? When all goes well, its God that intervened. When it does not, its all Satan's fault. Do you now see how that is what makes the version of God you seem to think is...
  9. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Let me be very clear...Everyone that you embolden here does NOT include me but let me assure you that I do very strongly believe in God. Just not your idea or version of God. I suppress nothing when it comes to God. Just your version which, IMO, is punitive and ugly with its emphasis on...
  10. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Furthermore, what is 'ungodliness" and "unrighteousness" and which God do we use to apply these terms? Sultan says its his God but what if it is the God of the Hindus or the Buddhists or the Muslims or the Jews? What is ungodliness and unrighteousness to that God? Who is to say its the God...
  11. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    How do you know that God is a "him"? Do you realize most of your ideals for hell and Satan and all this is from Milton and Dante? If God is the God of your Bible and I am to be confined to this hell for believing in a Buddhist notion of God, then God has no meaning whatsoever in any faith...
  12. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Again, It would depend on which version of God one believes in and whether or not that version is the correct one. For one, the Christian version is simply too punitive to be believable.
  13. J

    Why the Hell . . . .

    Which God? Your version of God? No, I do not. But the version of God I believe in, yes.
  14. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    I disagree with you. I find that cremation, when compared to burial, in most cases which are NOT 'green', the two are not comparable in terms of taking our planet into consideration. the idea of a 'green' burial is nice but I also see that that takes a significant amount of time and...
  15. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    Here is one on the toxic effects and poisons of formaldehyde, IE embalming fluid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formaldehyde. And as for the 'plenty of space' in the US, there is less than you think. I, too, have driven across the US many times. Via Rt 90, 80, 70, 40, 20 and in Louisiana...
  16. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    I cannot make you see what you are too blind to see. And if the process of cremation is polluting the earth, what does the body decaying do for the earth? Sometimes it boggles the mind that people cannot see the one step further that a concept takes.
  17. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    I could not disagree more strongly. We have little land left on this planet and She groans with each new birth. Do you like breathing? Because with each new birth, trees are cut down and eventually, we will have no trees and then no CO2 or O2 to breath. Good luck with that. All because you...
  18. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    My partner was cremated and scattered over the Pacific. My father was cremated and scattered over a mountain here in Maine. My mother will be and scattered in her town where she was born. I will be, my sister will be, etc. The idea of being placed in the ground where we have so little land...
  19. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    And as a Buddhist, I would agree that our spirit continues on but not in the same manner that you suggest. Interestingly, I read a novel some time ago where it was suggested that the spirit of a person does have weight and they measured that by weighing the person at the exact time of death...
  20. J

    Mormon Church To US Supreme Court: Ban Gay Marriage

    I did not read it that way and assumed the poster meant that the IT was the person. So please try to see that not all people would view this as you did.
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