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This conversation reminds me of the time Harrison Ford died.

Why muslims specifically?

I personally do not believe that there was a beginning. I believe in evolution, but I would rather call it transition, (we are not getting more advanced, we are just changing) and it is a transition of consiousness rather than of physicality. I believe that the mind creates the body, as...

As the originator of this poll, if I may be allowed to defend my options... For the exact reasons you give, I do not see any conflict between God and Evolution, in fact I would say that if HE exists, evolution is his grand plan. Yet some people persist with the belief that the earth and all...

You think? "Greetings, I am AT5, human-cyborg relations." Yeah, I guess that could work. (I am such a geek) Don't worry Ricky, you actually reaffirmed my faith a little if anything. It is good to know someone who found the Buddhadharma through the same door as me. Peace AT5

You misunderstand me, there was no sarcasm intended in my statement. The gesture was made in a country where it is considered to be an insult to refuse to shake someone's hand. If this was a western representative in a muslim country I would agree with you, but these are muslim...

....he immediately knew what he had to do. he ran home without another word to his kindly neighbour who watched him sprint out of the house with a stunned expression on her heavily lined face. The birds were once again singing angrily outside as he raced to the telephone, how could he have...

Touch? In a sexual way? no, I would not accept that. But I am having real difficulty seeing how a hand shake is in any way sexual. Any man in the world has my permission to shake my mother's hand, it is a declaration of friendship, respect and equality. Do my learned muslim friends really...

That may be true of some people, but i think that most peoples' belief is a way of seeking the truth that science cannot provide.

Popeyesays, You are quite right, I will not categorically say that there is no God, all I am saying is that a desire for God to exist is not enough to believe that God exists. I also agree that reward or punishment should not enter into it. and Iyad, I most certainly would not follow him...

Mee and E99, Many thanks for your responses, I am a wiser man than I was yesterday. Peace AT5

Ricky, You are quite right about Tantra, I stand corrected. You are also correct that the Dalai Lama is the leader of the Tibetan Government in Exile, but I maintain my point that he is not technically the spiritual leader of any school of Buddhism. However, in the last few weeks since...

But even if we knew for certain that he was "Out There" we would still have the choice of whether to follow him and worship him or not. I for one would not. In my opinion, if he is real, he is cruel and has a terrible sense of humour. Of course there will always be situations when we wish we...

Peace to all. I believe we have one or two Jehovah's Whitnesses here on CR and I was hoping they could confirm or deny some things I have heard about that faith. 1) Is it true that Jehovah's Whitnesses refuse medical treatment? 2) Is it true that extreme sports are forbidden? 3) Whats...

Good luck with that.:rolleyes: I notice you have put this post on the Abrahamic Religions board, are you only looking for answers from a monotheistic point of view or are you looking for something else?

I feel compelled to disagree with regards to the Buddha. The Buddha refers to himself as the "Tathagata" meaning "The Thus Gone One". He does not have a vision of the way, he has first hand experience of the way because he has travelled it and he is now perfectly enlightened. Jesus and...

Sign me up for that trip!:D

I think that this statement is flawed. In this infinite list of even numbers, there is an inherrant rule that there will only be even numbers. There are no such rules in the universe as a whole. If we said that the universe contained infinately many green planets, then dispite the infinity...

...take charge once more for the...

Well, since you ask so nicely. I am a Mahayana Buddhist. Why? I had a dream that I was a butterfly.