Spirituality 2009

[Valmy]

My religion is totally awesome IMHO.

Negative.  It is stupid, and without moral value.

Nonsense, it is brilliant and shines the light of true morality upon every topic.  Open yourself to true gloriousness of Unity and be saved heathen!

[Valmy]

No idea what spirituality is.  Not going to bother with it.

So much for the mystical eastern soul.

[HisMajestyBOB]

My hotel this weekend had a Gideon's Bible and a "Gideon's Buddhist book". I started reading the latter - kinda interesting, since I know nothing of Buddhism. I thought about stealing it so that I could finish reading it, but realized that would be wrong.

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

[citizen k]

No idea what spirituality is.  Not going to bother with it.

So much for the mystical eastern soul.

Mono just made Baby Lao-Tsu cry. 

[fhdz]

I am fine with my lack of religious belief, yes.

You weren't 10 years ago.

So?

[Razgovory]

My religion is totally awesome IMHO.

Negative.  It is stupid, and without moral value.

Morality is a tool of the weak.

Incorrect.  Morality is a tool used by the strong to impose their will on the weak, with their own consent.

I thought it was the other way around.

[Queequeg]

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

Buddhists would argue that it is because that Christianity got stuff from it, but more likely they were both transformed by the influence of local Indo-European cults and Hellenistic philosophy. 

[HisMajestyBOB]

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

Buddhists would argue that it is because that Christianity got stuff from it, but more likely they were both transformed by the influence of local Indo-European cults and Hellenistic philosophy.

How's Hinduism fit in? I'd have thought that Buddhism would be far more influenced from that than Hellenistic philosophy.

[Sheilbh]

I'm not at all spiritual and I'm happy with that.  No plans to try and expand my spirituality either.

[Pat]

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

Buddhists would argue that it is because that Christianity got stuff from it, but more likely they were both transformed by the influence of local Indo-European cults and Hellenistic philosophy.

How's Hinduism fit in? I'd have thought that Buddhism would be far more influenced from that than Hellenistic philosophy.

The Greco-Bactrian kingdoms left behind by Alexander meshed hellenic thought with hinduism, but I'd also be willing to speculate that there are things innate in man that need no external influence to arise independantly - such as "do unto others as you wish done unto you", for example, which is found all over the world.

[citizen k]

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

Buddhists would argue that it is because that Christianity got stuff from it, but more likely they were both transformed by the influence of local Indo-European cults and Hellenistic philosophy.

How's Hinduism fit in? I'd have thought that Buddhism would be far more influenced from that than Hellenistic philosophy.

The Greco-Bactrian kingdoms left behind by Alexander meshed hellenic thought with hinduism, but I'd also be willing to speculate that there are things innate in man that need no external influence to arise independantly - such as "do unto others as you wish done unto you", for example, which is found all over the world.

Notion of the Greek Monad and Hindu Brahman are both examples of the universal spiritual concept of a oneness that everything emanates from.

[Ed Anger]

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE is the way to go.

Morons ranting about idiotic ideas does clearly appeal to you, being a Languish poster and all.

I came for the rants.

I miss the old preachers ranting about the catholics, the jews, the homos, etc. etc.

Now, even the baptists seem watered down a bit.

[Eddie Teach]

So?

Just throwin' that out there. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

My hotel this weekend had a Gideon's Bible and a "Gideon's Buddhist book". I started reading the latter - kinda interesting, since I know nothing of Buddhism. I thought about stealing it so that I could finish reading it, but realized that would be wrong.

Not that I'm gonna convert or anything. It's just interesting to see the parallels and differences with Christianity.

The Tao kicks Buddha's ass.

[Monoriu]

I think we should apply the Wu Wei philosophy to the financial crisis