Christians On A Bus along with Ravioli

[Solaris]

I'm Buddhist, soooooo, can't we all just get along? Free hugs all round

"“Anyone tries to give me a free hug,” I said, making my way along the south end of Union Square, “they’re getting knocked the **** out.”

I love New York, but I hate New York things – the shit that young people, at least people who are now mostly all younger than me, try to pass off as cute or fun or “progressive.” It’s all bullshit, and it’s all been done before. Go see Rent. Leave me alone when it’s two in the afternoon and I haven’t eaten ****ing breakfast yet. "
http://standingonthebox.blogspot.com/

 

[Eejit]

Buddhism is as retarded as the other religions.

 

[Solaris]

Buddhism is as retarded as the other religions.

I strongly disagree. In many forms, yes it can be dogmatic and retarded, but many forms of buddism are better described as life philosophy: making no factual claims about the universe, only offering instructions on gaining great self-awareness.

 

[Eejit]

Ideas such as karma and reincarnation are central to buddhism and are as nonsensical as any other religious belief.

 

[Stigmata]

Ideas such as karma and reincarnation are central to institutionalised Buddhism and are as nonsensical as any other religious belief.

Fixed. It's just like Christianity, Judaism, or any other religion you care to name; you can take the dogma at face value, or you can separate the wheat from the chaff (I did not expect a Bible quote to surface here...) and still be a free thinker.

 

[Eejit]

If you're just cherrypicking a few ideas from a religion you're not really following it and it doesn't make the religion not-shit.

 

[Stigmata]

You're thinking of religion in the wrong way. If you start with the notion "all religions must be institutionalised" then yes, not following a religious text literally means you're "not really following it". But what about Protestant Christians? What about moderate religious people? What about all the actual hard-core Christians who still cherry-pick verses that support their beliefs and ignore verses that don't?

 

[Eejit]

Except ignoring karma and reincarnation is quite a different scale. It's like a Christian who only followed the various Letters and ignored the Gospels.

 

[Ezra]

I follow buddhism less spiritually and more philosophically anyways. I dont think a magical force will give me good fortune if I do good things, but if I believe if I am nice to someone and help them out then later they will probably return the favour. There's no God in it either, which appeals to me.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Mellish 5:06 - "get tae f*** ya f***in poof."

 

[Stigmata]

Except ignoring karma and reincarnation is quite a different scale. It's like a Christian who only followed the various Letters and ignored the Gospels.

True. But it doesn't mean they're not Christian

 

[Absinthe]

They're not Christian enough in the eyes of God.

(depending on who you ask)

 

[Danimal]

You're thinking of religion in the wrong way. If you start with the notion "all religions must be institutionalised" then yes, not following a religious text literally means you're "not really following it". But what about Protestant Christians? What about moderate religious people? What about all the actual hard-core Christians who still cherry-pick verses that support their beliefs and ignore verses that don't?

Simple: They're all going to their own version of Hell.

 

[Maestro]

What the ****? My post got eated by the server or something. I hit reply and come back two hours later and my post is gone.