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I see religions as tools for us to use, not people as slaves to religions. Yes. Monotheistic, which essentially means, one way. Many Gods = many ways = more tolerance without even having to bother about it. :)

How about: many forms of worship in a single faith. If a single faith supports many different methods, then why wouldn't it be open to other methods from other faiths? (rhetorical)

Only further study can clarify this issue. The Buddhist idea of self is a very complex one. It stems from their understanding of all phenomena, not just the self. Here's a quote I often use: 'The Buddha spoke of the self to those who didn't know of self. He spoke of non-self to those who...

...a practice which is common through to today, notably in the example of Sai Baba, the one with the 'fro.

Mind control. Absolutely. Nothing wrong with that. I weep for those who are slaves to their minds. They have no control, no choice in life. The mind is not the self. Problem solved. Yes, well, this is a clear case of not knowing about the subject. Some further reading and you'll see that...

You don't. Just word it so that it doesn't offend anyone. OK. I'm following you now. You think that our minds are perfect observational units, and that interfering with them is contrary to the concept of 'enlightenment'. We need to look at some fundamental truths before going further. For...

Yes. I was talking to you. If I don't quote, then I'm probably talking to the person just above me. True, true. There's nothing wrong with enjoying those figments. It is becoming attached to them that is the problem. Expecting enjoyment. This is conterproductive. It is the source of...

What I meant was, if you're going to be labeling his actions and intentions good and bad, then you need to do it from a consistent point of view, i.e., either from his point of view, or from our point of view; not, his actions from our point of view and his intentions from his.

What are you talking about? You jump to conclusions far too quickly. I'd love to hear your opinion about Buddhism. You make us sound like machines. It's not that cut and dry. I thought it was the left pre-frontal cortex? These are one and the same. So what conclusions do you think can...

No. Hence the confusion with Sikhism.

Be happy! http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52704,00.html http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/research/bamiyan/ :) :) :)

I'm not quite sure what you mean, or more importantly, what the problem is. Could you elaborate please?

My paltry understanding is that Sikhism was the result of the meeting of Islam with Hinduism. The definition sounds like Hinduism without the giggery-pokery.

Hitler may have thought he had good intentions, and therefore the actions that he was taking were, in his eyes, good actions. The truth is that he had bad intentions, and therefore the actions that he was taking were, in reality, bad ones. I'm not saying that someone's intentions (in their...

Pardon me. Those two sentences were completely unrelated. Musing over the absolute and over contradictions...very Greek. When we think of things as being absolute, this is when we start to fall over ourselves. Think of maths and the classic problem of dividing by zero. It is the only...

But he didn't, so there we go.

An Escher diagram. A classic Greek philosophical problem. Yes, I think omnipotence is contradictory. We have never seen omnipotence anyway, so I don't know how people can claim it to exist.

Hmmmm... My belief is that words are actions and that it is not actions that matter but intentions. Despite what they say about good intentions, I believe if they are their and there is an opportunity, then they will flower.

Welcome. I hope we can learn from you too. :)

Vaj!? :eek: You're not turning, .....(Buddha forbid) "Yank" are you?