Believing/Disbelieving in God(s) and Enlightenment

[Fool]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

 

[The Hammer]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Depends on the individual in question. For some yes, for others no.

 

[SalixIncendium]

No.

 

[Nakosis]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Disbelieving/believing in god(s) is not necessary.
The only thing necessary for enlightenment is believing that you know something that you didn't know before.

 

[Bird123]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Look around you. The answer is clear.

Everyone moves forward regardless of any beliefs one might have or not. In the end, in comes down to Discovering what actually is. With the diversity of acquirable and Discoverable knowledge, everyone will step forward in some way or other.

That's what I see. It's very clear!!

 

[Wildswanderer]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

I have no idea what you just said.

 

[stvdv]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Enlightenment means you realise who you are

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Depends what you mean by "enlightenment." As someone who enjoys philosophy, my own view is that enlightenment must entail the adoption of truth as both master and goal to be accepted over dogma when dogma is clearly wrong.

This, of course, puts one at odds with the vast majority of humankind, for whom the philosopher seems like a "spiritual saboteur."

He is not, of course. Spirit doesn't need gods. It only needs to be open to truth.

 

[Electra]

What is a God?

 

[Ella S.]

"Enlightenment" is really the dharmic equivalent of "salvation" in Christianity, and both are even directly seen as a form of spiritual liberation.

So some Hindus might believe that belief in a god is necessary for enlightenment, but Buddhists mostly don't.

I don't believe in enlightenment, because I don't believe in reincarnation

 

[Aupmanyav]

is disbelieving/believing in god(s) separate from self necessary for enlightenment in self or other as self?

Those who believe in existence of God are always unenlightened. False start.