Is being gay a sin according to your religion?

[Ben Dhyan]

I have another question.

Why is your god moral?

God is absolute...beyond good and evil....

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

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

Do you believe that all of the world religions speak of the same deity?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

God is absolute...beyond good and evil....

Do you agree with everything he has been attributed to do in scripture?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Do you believe that all of the world religions speak of the same deity?

It is a Deity to some...non-dual absoluteness to another.....the Way to another..... There is only the one existence in which everything that exists live, moves, and have their being...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Do you agree with everything he has been attributed to do in scripture?

Scripture is a mix of allegory, metaphor, figures of speech, symbolism, parables, codes, etc.......it requires much study, devotion, and wisdom for it to be bring forth its clarity...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Scripture is a mix of allegory, metaphor, figures of speech, symbolism, parables, codes, etc.......it requires much study, devotion, and wisdom for it to be bring forth its clarity...

Do you accept that this might be a way to try to make the scripture how we want it to be?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is a Deity to some...non-dual absoluteness to another.....the Way to another..... There is only the one existence in which everything that exists live, moves, and have their being...

How do you feel about these religions condemning one another?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Do you accept that this might be a way to try to make the scripture how we want it to be?

It is not about making it anything other than it is....it is meant to inspire souls to transcend their present limited state of awareness of reality...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

How do you feel about these religions condemning one another?

It is par for the course...like the bickering between opposing football team supporters...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is not about making it anything other than it is....it is meant to inspire souls to transcend their present limited state of awareness of reality...

So you are 100% sure that a human could not have written the scripture without divine inspiration.

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is par for the course...like the bickering between opposing football team supporters...

This is asking about why the religions contradict each other not the followers.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

So you are 100% sure that a human could not have written the scripture without divine inspiration.

It is clearly corrupted to some degree, redacted, parts forged, different traditions merged, etc... but there are some inspired scripture that does the job for the soul with a mind open to 'see'...

 

[Ben Dhyan]

This is asking about why the religions contradict each other not the followers.

Are you familiar with the parable of the blind men describing the elephant?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

It is clearly corrupted to some degree, redacted, parts forged, different traditions merged, etc... but there are some inspired scripture that does the job for the soul with a mind open to 'see'...

Why would an all loving god allow his book(s) to be corrupted?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

Are you familiar with the parable of the blind men describing the elephant?

Yes however this is not applicable.

The religions themselves are different.

In Buddhism the goal is to turn inwards and free yourself.

In Christianity the goal is to ask someone to free you.

How are these the same "elephant"?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why would an all loving god allow his book(s) to be corrupted?

This world is corrupted...there is nothing perfect in it except in the sense it is meant to be this way....the concept of Heaven is meant to represent its complementary opposite...

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

This world is corrupted...there is nothing perfect in it except in the sense it is meant to be this way....the concept of Heaven is meant to represent its complementary opposite...

Why would an all loving god place in a world with evil?

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Yes however this is not applicable.

The religions themselves are different.

In Buddhism the goal is to turn inwards and free yourself.

In Christianity the goal is to ask someone to free you.

How are these the same "elephant"?

The religions represent the different parts of the elephant.....only the elephant represents God....they only know different aspects...

The Blind Men and the Elephant

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"

The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"

The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"

The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," quoth he,
''Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"

The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"

And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!

So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

-John Godfrey Saxe

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Why would an all loving god place in a world with evil?

Place what in a world with evil?

 

[Taylor Seraphim]

The religions represent the different parts of the elephant.....only the elephant represents God....they only know different aspects...

The Blind Men and the Elephant

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"

The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"

The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"

The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," quoth he,
''Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"

The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"

And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!

So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

-John Godfrey Saxe

I already know the story as I stated however you failed to address the contradiction of religious doctrine.

In Buddhism the goal is to turn inwards and free yourself.

In Christianity the goal is to ask someone to free you.