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Peace to all. I would like to share a little personal discovery I have made in the hopes of hearing some others' responses. I was watching a movie a few days ago, cant even remember what the movie was now. The main character died, a sad moment you would think, but I thought to myself, "It...

Personally I think that the Samurai have been over glamourized. They were great warriors, that is true, but they were essentially a warrior class, and every class of people survives by exploiting the classes beneath them. I am learning Kendo, the fighting style of the Samurai, and I have a...

Peace Z, No offense taken whatsoever, I love nothing more than the debate! Certainly it could be seen this way, but this is not Buddhist belief, this is simply applying Buddhist words to Christian concepts. The two cannot be melded together simply by calling Heaven, Nirvana, and calling...

Bottom line is, who has the right to tell me what I can do as long as Im not harming anyone else. It isnt addictive, it isnt particularly unhealthy,(compared to alcohol or nicotine) and as long as it is illegal it WILL lead to harder drugs for two reasons, 1) You have to go to a drug...

Personally I dont think that the two beliefs can mix, no. For me, as a Buddhist (and this is my own opinion only) the goal of Buddhism is perfect enlightenment and liberation.To reach this state is to be greater than any god. A Christian, to my knowledge, would not accept that anything can be...

As far as I know, the 'Laughing Buddha" is not a buddha at all, rather he is the Chinese god of plenty. Someone told me this, I dont know how reliable it is.

I do not think evil really exists, it is just a word we use to describe the tangible effects of the cycle of constant suffering.

If said Christian were simply doing morris dancing, then (s)he remains a Christian doing morris dancing. But if that Christian then claimed that Morris Dancing was a Christian ritual, representative of the way the people danced when Jesus entered Nazareth (the sticks of course, representing...

Re: Looking for the crest jewel... Arthra, you say But it seems to me that your claim is not an acceptance, but rather a denial. You deny that Buddha was what he claimed to be and you deny what he stood for. I was under the impression that it was Shogi Effendi or Abdu'l-Baha (cant...

My Birthday is on Halloween. If my parents had had a sense of humour they would have called me Damien.

I think this is a good exercise and I am confident enough in my beliefs to answer the question. If my Buddhist beliefs were somehow disproved tomorrow, what religion would I turn to? I would most likely go back to Atheism as I simply do not believe in a creator god in the monotheism style...

Arthra, I know that your religion gives equality to men and women, but can you not see that the administration of your religion is biased towards men? A good analogy would be a company which employs both men and women at middle management and below but refuses to allow women to work as...

I dont know whether Santa is good or bad, but I do know one thing, Christmas (as we call it today) has bugger all to do with Jesus! The date of Christmas was stolen from the Pagans who originally celebrated the winter solstace. When the Christians arrived the festival was twisted into a...

Faithfulservant, I wonder would you agree with me that if a child decides to follow a different path his/her parents should accept and support that decision?

I think that parents certainly should give their children spiritual guidance, and in the case of Christians this would almost certainly mean taking children to church, but I also think it is important to teach children how to make up their own minds and decide for themselves. I was 13 when I...

My Religious Studies teacher used to say that Hell was just eternal life without ever meeting God face to face. If that's true then I would like to go there. I would like to spend eternity in some trancendent, spiritual realm, but if there is a god, I don't like him and I dont want to talk to...

My college Literature teacher had a theory that the 'Bram Stoker' type vampire was actually alegorical of the epidemic of Syphilis(sp?) London. The Vampire was viewed as a sexual being who seduced his victims and gave them this condition which made them as good as dead, but they could still...

My view is taken from a (possibly mistaken) appraisal of historical events, yours is taken from your own religious texts. Who's view is narrow? On the other hand, smkolins, good point, I must admit Id never looked at it that way. But... A wise man would not leave the lamp in the...

What is the sound of one hand clapping? I've never liked that one, maybe I just dont understand it. The definition of clapping hands is surely for two (or more?) hands to come together at speed, so I would argue that one hand simply cannot clap. I much prefer this one: If a tree falls in...

I don't think that anything could be further from the truth. Is it not true that the coming of the Bab and Baha'u'llah caused a great rift in the peoples of Iran who were, up until that time, a fairly unified Shi'ite muslim community, all worshipping God. Even today, Bahai's are still...