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@mtness | 7 February 08 | |
no kimon faith isnt the cause of war men are, and as drakess9 paid man choose to fight or love, bottom line any faith that can enrich and better ppl lives is great by me, some dont need a faith and thats also fine, but we all have our beliefs, views and ideas. Drakess9 that sounds like a great idea, can u share those 12 steps, maybe others can find something benefital with some of them.
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@mtness | 7 February 08 | |
kimon men fight and argue and use the name of religion/faith but that isnt faith thats the idea of others and just the name, religion isnt external its internal, any thought(dont care what faith) that can help me grow is tops by me, im buddhist but it doesnt mean i cant learn and grow from other faiths and ideas, its like having glasses covering half ur eyes, we miss out on seeing so much more.
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@ripon91 | 7 February 08 | |
Well said pw. 1 thing i should say here is: religion is not only internal but external also. preliminarily its internal then external.
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@mtness | 7 February 08 | |
ok ripon i can agree with that, my point was more to do with ppl saying or doing this or that in the name of religion but missing the point of why we are religious, like its easy to tell some1 u love them, but its meaningless if it doesnt come 4rm inside. The external acts should be i confermation of our inner development otherwise theres little point to it.
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@7girl7 | 7 February 08 | |
This could b the best post I've read in this forum. Well said pw
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@y2n | 7 February 08 | |
I suppose it depends on what religion you follow. All I know is that the prophets preached, Repent lest you be sent to Hades.
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@y2n | 7 February 08 | |
I don't know whether Buddhists believe in an absolute truth. What is an absolute truth? That means that, two opposing ideologies cannot equally be true. For example. If there is no God, then all religious people are nutters wasting their lives. But if there is a God. We go to the next question. What does God want? Absolute Truth.
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@y2n | 7 February 08 | |
Can God be Zeus, Jupiter, Ra, Thor, Seth, Aphrodite at the same time? If your religion is not based on an absolute truth. Then you are worshipping a god of your own creation.
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@y2n | 7 February 08 | |
If you follow a religion, not because of God, but for self-development. Then I recommend you go through Anthony Robins life management courses and forget all these crazy religious things.
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@y2n | 7 February 08 | |
To close. If there is an absolute truth. Then we worship a God who is a creator. But if there is no absolute truth, then we worship gods of our own creation-which is crazy. Rather worship something that exists, like a president or a CEO of a company.
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