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hello samabudhi - Hedonistic comsumption only. Sex, drugs and rock-n-roll...make love not war. You know, that sixties stuff. Your point is well taken but I express my opinion based on the sum total of my experiences and my reflection on those experiences. I contend that trying to steer an...

Hello Vajradhara – By faith I acquire everything including personal claims. Yes, I did see your Einstein quote and was really surprised to find out that he was a philosopher! :) It’s all relative I suppose! Are you pointing at the moon or has that turned into an obscene gesture? :) mcedgy

Hello Samabudhi - First let me say that I am a product of the sixties. That should tell you something of my opportunities to experience mind-altering substances. Now, as proof of my honesty, I admit to NOT being at Woodstock! :) I will never forget the shock and awe I experience when I was...

Hello I, Brian. Good question and as you might suppose, I have an opinion. :) When religion fails to promote understanding it exposes the frailty of human conception or human comprehension and not necessarily a flawed god. I also feel we are born with curiosity and later develop a belief...

very interesting. thanks. mcedgy

Hello all. This was emailed to me. Thought some of you may get a kick out of it. mcedgy OBITUARY: Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense who has been with us for many years. No one is sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago...

Hello Vajradhara – To elaborate on your question “what need is there for faith” I can only say it depends on who you ask. Some people’s belief is solely based on faith. These individuals ignore all logic for the comfort they experience by believing in what they choose despite any evidence to...

Hello I, Brian - I know, you just had to ask, didn't you? :)

Hello Vajradhara - You ask if my notion is correct, "what need is there for faith?" Look no farther than your signature quotation from Buddha! Respectfully mcedgy

I am constantly amazed that people of such obvious above average intelligence can disagree so vehemently on such an issue. Possibly I am amazed because I don’t have the intellectual wherewithal to understand the intangibles or because I have a simple mind. Philosophically speaking though, I...

lunamoth: no offense taken!

Angelface: Touche!

Okay, in response to the challenge here is a two cent look at mostly NT Gospels: The lineage of Jesus is contradicted between the 1st chapter of Matthew and the 3rd chapter of Luke. Both list Joseph as the father of Jesus. Matthew says the name of Joseph’s father was Jacob while Luke says...

Vajradhara: Thank you for all your posts. I’m always compelled to read each of your posts more than once. I’ve read theoretical, philosophical, mathematical and theological Pascal arguments for years and agree that Pascal unintentionally refutes his own case but I don’t think it is readily...

Lunamoth: Your post is wonderful. I enjoyed reading it. In my opinion though we all believe in Something. Even an Atheist believes in Something although that Something is believing in Nothing. Of course, depending upon whose definition you use a state of “Nothingness” is considered the...

My own arguement explains why I do not agree with the Pascal Theory. I offered it as one explanation to the original question "why believe". More observation: Saint Anselm (? -1109 A.D.) described God with his definition, “God is that which nothing greater can be conceived”. Saint Anselm...

Angelface IMHO if a god being exists that being is of neither gender. That's just another way of assigning human characteristics. However, difference of opinion is what keeps these discussions so lively. McEdgy

I, Brian I was certainly not disagreeing with your take. I was merely attempting to expound upon why I agree. Omniscience and anthropomorphism are diametrically opposed ideas. Omniscience equals lack of surprise and lack of surprise equals inability to experience emotion. McEdgy

The Bible (re: Christianity) says that God experiences all of the emotions of humans, including anger, sadness, jealousy and happiness. Humans experience all emotions as a result of surprise or as a result of new knowledge. An omniscient (all knowing) God is ignorant of nothing. There can be...

I,Brian Drugs and Spirituality: Hallucinations seem to be an encouraged tradition in most religions. Fasting for forty days and nights as in Matthew chapter 4 could cause hallucinations just as surely as Native Americans smoking peyote or a shaman blowing some funky dust up one’s nose or...