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Originally Posted by Superman
You continue to be a rich source of entertainment. Does Ethics work the same way? Either there is a reality out there or there is not. Do you understand your own assumption when you conclude that religion is something you can just decide for yourself? In other words, either there is a God, and there is a framework for our relationship with that God..........or there is not. If there is not then sure, just make it up as you go along. And be sure it's nice and convenient for you. But if there really is a God, and if there really is a framework for our relationship with Him, then the religion you made up for yourself is convenient.........and useless. Do you get to make up stuff like "wrong" and "right" also?
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you fail to understanding that Buddhism is not a real religion like Christianity is, it's more of a philosophy then anything else, it does not teach absolutisme , it does not require you to accept a god, just 4 truths that are not even contradicts with most religions
1The Nature of Dukkha: Suffering exists in life. (aka , live is a b1tch)
2The Origin of Dukkha (Samudaya): Suffering is caused by craving.
3The Cessation of Dukkha (Nirodha): To eliminate suffering, eliminate craving.
4The Way Leading to the Cessation of Dukkha (Magga): To eliminate craving follow the Eightfold Path.
the eightfold path in short just says , don't do anything excessive, concentrate on what you do, do it right and "be good"
there is no God to worship in Buddhism
one can perfectly decide to dig it, it is a very rational thing to do , it's not something that requires blind faith in something dogmatic, in fact it challenges one to think more critically about things, including Buddhism
it's not something that is spread around with missionaries, where the believers go out to convert people, in fact i think that would be contrary to Buddhism, i don't think anybody does that, Todd, can you confirm?