Is being gay a sin according to your religion?

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is not my religion....it is just religious practice...

Why did you practice a religon that you do not believe in?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

But as you could see by my signature I also believe that selflessness is virtue and I am not religious.

Can we therefore agree that morality can come from places besides religion?

Belonging to religious institutions is not the same thing as being religious....

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Belonging to religious institutions is not the same thing as being religious....

Are you implying that I am indeed religious?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why did you practice a religon that you do not believe in?

I didn't say that..I said belief is a prerequisite to divine realization....once realization takes place...belief has no relevance...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Are you implying that I am indeed religious?

It is possible...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

I didn't say that..I said belief is a prerequisite to divine realization....once realization takes place...belief has no relevance...

Why did you believe in the religion before the realization takes place?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is possible...

If it is possible, but not certain, than can you agree that it is possible that I am moral and not religious?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why did you believe in the religion before the realization takes place?

Cultural and religious institutional conditioning.....

 

[Ben Dhyan]

If it is possible, but not certain, than can you agree that it is possible that I am moral and not religious?

To some degree. yes..

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Cultural and religious institutional conditioning.....

Do you believe this to be similar or related to the conditioning used by dangerous cults and why or why not?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

To some degree. yes..

In what ways can a religious person by moral than a nom-religious person cannot?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Do you believe this to be similar or related to the conditioning used by dangerous cults and why or why not?

Similar....but despite the cultish and corrupt nature of mainstream religious institutions...the scriptural teaching is still sufficiently sound for the individual to study and practice...actual cults' teachings are mostly not sound....

 

[Ben Dhyan]

In what ways can a religious person by moral than a nom-religious person cannot?

The non-religious person can not have a divine revelation...which leads to a greater level of sacrifice of the self... But it is possible for a non-religious person to be more moral than a mere believer in religion....they are both non-realized souls....

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Similar....but despite the cultish and corrupt nature of mainstream religious institutions...the scriptural teaching is still sufficiently sound for the individual to study and practice...actual cults' teachings are mostly not sound....

So you believe that scripture is what is needed to believe in Christianity?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

So you believe that scripture is what is needed to believe in Christianity?

Yes...initially that is...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

The non-religious person can not have a divine revelation...which leads to a greater level of sacrifice of the self... But it is possible for a non-religious person to be more moral than a mere believer in religion....they are both non-realized souls....

Can you name a moral action that someone who has been divinely inspired can do that someone else cannot?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Yes...initially that is...

Why do you feel it to be more compelling than the Koran, Torah, or other religious documents?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Can you name a moral action that someone who has been divinely inspired can do that someone else cannot?

Complete their divine mission in this life...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Complete their divine mission in this life...

I have another question.

Why is your god moral?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why do you feel it to be more compelling than the Koran, Torah, or other religious documents?

I don't.....my incarnation happened to be in a Christian culture...