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There certainly is a HUGE difference in proportion, but I still believe that the two are examples of the same phenomenon, namely, death in the peak of fame elevating an individual to legendary status. This has still to be adequately explained to me. Why was Jesus required to die? If God...

When reading Thomas' post on the historical proof of Jesus, another question occurred to me. If Jesus had not been killed so early in his ministry, would Christianity have ever existed as a seperate religion. If I may, I would like to compare Jesus to Elvis Presley. A great man, the best...

Here in the UK where the practice is much less common I think a lot of us do consider it to be a form of mutilation. I personally have a hard time understanding any religious reasons for circumcision. Where there is no religious reason I find it incomprehensible. I think I probably saw the...

The idea is that you cannot really help anyone while "in the world" because soon we will all die and be reborn and any worldly help you have rendered will be lost as we begin again in yet another life surrounded by suffering. This is, of course, not to say that we should not help each other, far...

toujour, I assure you again that I meant no offense in my earlier post. There was no 'disgracing' that I could see. I was simply saying what was in my mind for the purpose of debate. I always feel comfortable doing this here and I hope that you do as well. Devadatta, I think you're...

toujour, I see some issues that I want to raise here, but I want to assure you that I mean no insult by this and I hope you feel comfortable discussing these issues. First I want to say that I don't think being Gay has anything to do with being a buddhist since any kind of sex is clearly a...

Absolute Devotion to and reliance on the Guru. There are many branches of Buddhism which hold this concept to be very important. I have been told before by teachers that it is impossible for me to achieve enlightenment without it. At first I believed it completely, but now I doubt it. This...

Samabhudi, How can it be harmful to the Buddha Dharma to teach it? Although I personally do not follow Geshe Kelsang or the NKT, I have attended a few classes and pujas. In fact it was the NKT who taught me about Buddhism in the first place. Buddhism is very difficult to find in the west...

Fire away The way I see it, I am in this human world right now because this is how my human mind interprets this world. If I were an animal of some sort I am certain that I would see the world very differently. The world in which I exist is dependent upon my cognition of it. So to exist in...

Here's an idea. The films Dogma and Constantine, do they make people want to be Christian?

This is a quote I found on another thread and, when I investigated further, quickly found other uses of it elswhere on the internet. The Dalai Lama said: Why is the Dalai Lama involking "God"? Any ideas?

As a Buddhist, I can say that there is no way of washing away one's Karma. The evil deeds I commit today will come back to me, maybe tomorrow, maybe in 10 lifetimes, but I cannot escape from them. I was raised a Catholic and I must say that the concept of original sin always puzzled me. How...

Maybe I can answer that one. I will give you a description of the process I went through in abandoning my belief in God. It is not an easy process to get through (at least it was not for me) but sometimes, it has to be done. Step 1) First, make a logical, well considered decision that there...

I would suggest, nothing.

It's a good survey, but despite the stated aim of reaching a wider group of faiths, there are a lot of questions about attitudes towards God and Satan which really appeals ony to abrahamic monotheism.

I can't believe I never saw this thread before, what a great topic! I vote with Tao Equus, No, time does not exist, but yes, we can travel through it. My reasoning is like this. Nothing is real, nothing exists, the space time continuum is a deluded way of seeing things, only the mental...

Evolution driven by desire, I don't totally agree with that, but I do believe in evolution driven by "mental focus". My Buddhist view of the world leads me to believe that it is not the brain that generates the mind, but rather the mind which generates the brain, as well as the rest of the...

I don't think he went so far as to say that all religious people were "Evil Liars" (although I would say that a few actually are) He simply considers them (us) to be irrational. By the way, Jaiket, good to see you posting again, I for one have missed your input.

I'm very impressed with the way this pole is looking, Personal Experience and Reflection winning and no votes for religion! I suppose that most people (myself certainly included) choose a religion to suit his/her moral beliefs rather than adjusting moral beliefs to blindly follow a religion...

I have seen a number of threads floating around asking questions about Idol Worship, the general concensus seeming to be that Idol Worship is wrong. But doesn't every faith do it to some extent. I pray and meditate in front of a small statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. I am not directing my thoughts...