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I'm no buddhist, but I may be able to help you. I think getting rid of desires is a somewhat loose translation. The word "attachments" or "egoes" is also used there sometimes. It is describing our desire for self fulfilment, or our attachment to objects used for self-fulfilment. Buddhism...

It dosen't make any sense that an all knowing, all loving God would be so petty as to condem anyone to eternal suffering for simply not beleiving in him.

I disagree. Good-hearted atheists who live compassionately and are altogether seen as good people should have no problem accepting God if they see him "face-to-face". I think you are thinking of militant atheists who are so extreme in their views they find themselvs hating God. In their case...

A quality of God that is agreed upon by most monotheists is being all-loving. The thought that he is always loving you and always there for you rules out the fear for most monotheis. Also, some people see God as more of a force than a being. This way, it is not like his eyes are always on you...

I think you don't need to be a "christian" or a "muslim", there is nothing wrong with having your own beleifs that may or may not agree with any one religion inparticular. God will not judge you based on what label you fall under.

Yes, I agree very much with your understanding of God, if he/she/it exists, I beleive that would be what he is like. But I still think beleif in any supreme being/force is overrated because I don't think that beleif is nessessary for leading a moral life. Also, it could be false, and if it is...

I could be wrong:(

Thanks, awaiting. It looks like it will be a lot longer before the thousanth! Since there are no new posts, I will comment on one more thing. I think monotheists see God as the only way to humility, because knowing that God is there and is always more powerful, that is very humbling. It is...

The oldest religion would be shamanism. It was an unorganised religion practiced by prehistoric people. It said there was a physical world, and a more powerful spirit world. I think dealt with magic and the worship of nature spirits. This may not be what your looking for because it is not a...

I wasn't trying to tell God anything, I was rationalizing about what the nature of God would be like.

You explained it better than me! many monotheist are so simple minded that they don't see how anyone can have morals or religion without a beleif similar to theirs. They don't realize that God is not a universal concept. This is more of what I meant. (monotheists don't take offense, I wasn't...

People shouldn't simply be atheists because it's convienient not to have morals, and many don't. Many atheists, if not most, think that they have enough evidence to prove there is no God. But if there is a God, he certainly wouldn't punish them for not "beleiving in him" (as someone said...

Belief in God has had a big influence on religions we are most familiar with (Christianity), but I think I'm trying to say that some people think of it as a universal concept relating to everyone everywhere. This is shown in statements like "one God, many religions" and "we are all unified by...

I'm with you, I don't watch much TV at all. I used to watch star trek TNG all the time too. (hense my name) I beleive the one after that was deep space nine. I saw an episode of it once, and liked it, but never watched again. If I watch TV now its usually the discovery channel or something...

what I mean by this is that beleif in God is just one issue in religion. When people ask me what religion I am, I reply "I'm agnostic" this describes my veiws on the existense of God, but it doesn't describe my religion as a whole. I think the west has taken this one religious issue and blown it...

You have to remember that not all of us here beleive in God. I agree with Brian that the existence of God cannot be prooven or disproven. At this point no human being can comprehend what is the cause for the existense of the universe. We would like to think it is a being like ourselves, so we...

This is why i love buddhism. It does not force you to follow, it encourages thinking for yourself, which is what more religions need, and hardly ever do.

couldn't have been said better. People associate pluralism with relativism too much (right?), so it is good to find middle ground. I always hear about relativism, and I think the idea that there is no absolute truth is so obviously flawed. I'm glad to see there are others who have found the...

whoever said this obviously does not know much about Islam. A Jihad does not mean "holy war", it simply means "to strive" or "to struggle". Islam teaches of a "lesser Jihad" which is struggling to end social injustices, and a "greater Jihad" which is the struggle within ourselves to become...

How did you know? ;) actually... no