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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 03:10 PM Original message |
Are atheism and buddhism compatible? |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes but the buddha was more likely an agnostic |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. atheism isn't a belief |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This atheist does not believe in any god or any deity. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I don't usually believe in things I can't perceive |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. People often say |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That was (if I may say so) Zen. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent Question - Buddhist and Christian/Jew/etc is very easy |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can be anything and be a Buddhist |
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junker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. sure, but bear in mind - shaktimuni buddha got it. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. The teachings of Buddhism |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. Certainly true for me. I'm an atheist who follows Buddhist tenets. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I love the way people define Buddhism as fits their needs. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. However 'intellecualized' the Christianity, it requires faith |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thats your formulation, your terms. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, it's not |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Your response is illuminating. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You seem to want to avoid the simple basic point |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I am not avoiding it, I am responding to it. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm sorry but |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes..not a single human was killed in the name of either beliefs.... |
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