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Having ideals and being realistic go together. Having ideals is useless unless they are practical. For ideals to be useful they have to apply to reality, they themselves have to be realistic. It is important to be realistic if you are going to have ideals otherwise your ideals remain "out there"...

I suppose he did give me a handy cuss word. I admit I use it very often but I don't think he gave me that so much as my father did, that is where i heard it first.

Jesus has done nothing for me in my life. I am the only one who can take control of my life, and I find it kind of silly to give any power over my life to anyone other than myself. I am the doer of my actions, heir of my actions, born of my actions, related by my actions, and am dependant on my...

Thats so true Bruce, Love has to be natural. People should love everyone as their family, because humanity is one giant family. We all share this earth, we all have to live together on this rock. But if it has to be forced than it is not love at all. It can be encouraged but not forced.

Thank you snoopy

Q, I don't see what you mean by you're not playing by my rules. What rules are those? I simply made the arguement that the idea of a creator is just a concept created by the mind due to the linear nature of our lives and that since most people don't have the answers to our existence they need...

I see no evidence of a creator in a blade of grass, i evidence of a blade of grass.

Im not sure what point you've made. You've certainly stated your beliefs but thats all. With no real point to back it up. I've read all you've said and no I don't accept any point you've made because you haven't made one. You've merely asserted the existence of god. No point, no real arguement...

This is becoming like bickering. I dont mean to belittle your beliefs. But Im not sure what you mean by "self preservation" I never said anything like that. I just said i see the arguement for the existence a creator to be flawed. Theres no need to say three to my one because Im not the only...

we will have to agree to disagree. I agree that there is more to reality than just this but that doesn't imply a supreme being or a creator. We are the supreme beings, we just havent reached our full potential. I see no reason to put my power in the hands of something that is just a concept. A...

I wouldn't think you are crazy for "talking to god". My own personal opinion would be that you are just mislead, and you've convinced yourself that "god" is real. Or maybe someone else had convinced you. Im not afraid I'm so bad that god wont give me the time of day, It's just that I think that...

"All that exists comes from the unconditioned, unborn, the absolute" Nothing comes from the absolute, the absolute just IS. All that exists, those things we believe exist, are made, conditioned, etc. Therefore they do not come from the unmade, the unconditioned. They are temporary unlike the...

Yes, many suttas have moral lessons but not all. Morality is only one part of Buddhism. Morality is the preliminary stage of the path. They don't just appeal to logic, and Buddha said never to take his teachings on faith. He encouraged us to think for ourselves and never believe anything or...

Gracias Amigo

I thought prophets were supposed to have some sort of direct communication to god, im pretty ignorant on this one so if it's different please tell me. But if im correct, then Buddha, not asserting the idea of god, could not be a prophet. Although the words we use aren't really the important...

I never denied belief in any source, or the absolute, or unconditioned. Buddha said how could there be freedom from all this if there wasn't something else. But God in the sense of a being and a creator has nothing to do with that which is un-made, un-born, un-conditioned, The absolute. The...

fyi: Buddha was not a prophet, he was a man like all of us, the only difference is that he was "awake."

I see no proof of a supreme creator

everyone can be friends with everyone. who couldn't use more friends?

No, talking about god doesn't offend me at all. But I don't hate him I just don't believe in him.