It’s not crazy. The phrase “at the same time and in the same sense” is a common philosophical phrase with a precise meaning, and your response indicated that you either didn’t understand this or didn’t care. It would be “crazy” not to try to understand what your opponent is saying.
It’s not crazy. The phrase “at the same time and in the same sense” is a common philosophical phrase with a precise meaning, and your response indicated that you either didn’t understand this or didn’t care. It would be “crazy” not to try to understand what your opponent is saying.
Yes, that is rather strange about Jesus, Mary and John. From what little I know of gnosticism this material resembles what I’ve seen labeled as gnostic. There was a man who went to India and supposedly found documents that spoke about a person named “Issa” who gained healing knowledge and such. This was reportedly Jesus. I find it hard to believe that the time Jesus was 12 years old to roughly 30 years old was spent in the East gaining this kind of knowledge and power.
If anything I misunderstood. I take people’s words seriously and respect what they are saying. I thought we were on the same page. Anyway, the really weird thing is that it wasn’t even you I was speaking with - yet you are hounding me about it and I haven’t even heard back from him. That’s incredible. One could say he doesn’t care and you are picking a fight - but I won’t say that. I believe your intent could be genuine. Glad you showed me - shows you are a much bigger man than I am
I am basically trying to get across the understanding that God can not be *a *and non-a at the same time (chronologically speaking) and in the same sense. To say that he can would be like me writing that I am not typing in English right now. This would be an irrational claim and obviously self-defeating because I am typing in English.
I do see your point. I don’t see where chronological time matters or is applicable when discussing these kinds of things. As I have asserted already, God is beyond chronological time in His essence.
The motivation to avoid evil in Buddhism is based on many things. It is based on fear of creating bad karma which results to suffering - either in this life or the next. It is also based on the teachings of the Buddha himself. He taught others to be compassionate and kind simply because “others” are really “you”. Everyone is part of the same reality. If you do good to “others” you are doing good to “yourself”. And who doesn’t want to help themselves?
And, by the way, I don’t see Dennis as my opponent. It’s not about scoring points.
Buddha was born in his physical body approximately 563 BC. Jesus Christ was born in His physical body approximately 4 BC.
So was Buddah of the opinion that the world is inherently evil?
I know that in Tibetan Buddhism their are what’s called prelimenary practices which students of Buddhism follow whichIt is both a religion and a philosophy. Depends on who you talk to
Sin is not easily transferable between the faiths. In Buddhism there are wholesome and unwholesome actions. Unwholesome actions are those which either hurt “yourself” or “others”. Wholesome actions are those which are beneficial to either “yourself” or “others”. So, that’s the only relation to sin there is in Buddhism. So, there’s no forgiveness of sin from a divine viewpoint. However, if one does harm to another one is expected to make it right - so that would be forgiveness.
Peace…
have a cup on me.
Escaping suffering and seeking happiness is universal to all people in all ages. Some seek it by accumulating wealth, some by overeating, some by drinking. Suffering is part of life. The Buddhist approach to suffering is not one of detachment from suffering. It is one of acceptance of suffering. It is about realization of suffering, seeing the causes and eliminating the causes. If anything, Buddhism understands and deals with suffering more than any other religion on earth.
He didn’t have an opinion of the “evilness” of the world. He saw by simple observation that things just weren’t “good” - that happiness and life escaped us all in the end.
Well, I was born Southern Baptist and continue to be Baptist because the tenets of that faith is just as plausible if not more so than any other denominationThere are Buddhist Scriptures - they are the Pali Canon. This is the oldest surviving collection. This collection is enormous and is not widely available. One can purchase it, but it is very expensive. A website that houses parts of them is at: www.accesstoinsight.org
There’s a lot of questions here that I don’t fully understand. I think explaining karma and rebirth a bit would help here. Karma is basically the law of cause and effect. Karma is “actions”. In the physical realm if you hit a brick wall with your fist - your fist would probably get broken. In the moral realm it is the same. If you cheat on your spouse, chances are you will suffer loss.
Well, these are some good questions. Buddhism takes the scientific approach to history and the “beginning” of life scientifically also. Buddhism accepts the explanations of science in regards to life on earth and realities of the universe.
Hello Maria -I know that in Tibetan Buddhism their are what’s called prelimenary practices which students of Buddhism follow which
entail that by doing them in ernest, the practices ( prayer and ritual offerings ) help one gain ‘merit’ in obtaining dissolution of their sin ( sin is refered to as samsara : the ocean of suffering in our fallen world ).
While I was reading last night, I came across the fact that Jesus is both Son of God and Son of man at the same time. He is explained as both in Scriptures and in modern belief. This is a mystery - how divine and human can reside in the same “place” - the body of the Lord. The Trinity is in essence the same. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all divine - at the same time and in the same sense. When people are married they become “one”. They are two separate people but are considered as “one” entity.
