Do you not realise that God is your Emptiness???
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You try pointing something out to a christian and ask him if this is God. Never will he ever agree that something you can point out is God. Why must buddhists think that God must be a thing? Emptiness can also become a thing if you do it wrong.
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huh?
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As long there is police to uphold justice there is no god
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What about a "concept" - if you point out a concept, will he accept? If you point out a 'concept" as defined by the Bible will he accept?Originally posted by Eric Cartman:You try pointing something out to a christian and ask him if this is God.
Now tell me, what is the difference between a "thing" and a "concept"? How are they different? How are they the same?
What are you talking about here? Buddhism teaches you to think clearly (and remove illusions and delusions from your mind) and I hope you learn the lesson.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:Never will he ever agree that something you can point out is God. Why must buddhists think that God must be a thing? Emptiness can also become a thing if you do it wrong. -
What illusions and delusions?Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:What are you talking about here? Buddhism teaches you to think clearly (and remove illusions and delusions from your mind) and I hope you learn the lesson.[/color]
They talk cock and you want to follow?
They try and boggle your mind and talk about ultimate reality when they know humans cannot experience it with normal human senses. -
Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
I learn lots of stuff from Jesus' teachings as well but do I agree with everything the churches teach? Probably not.
What illusions and delusions?
They talk co[b]ck and you want to follow?
They try and boggle your mind and talk about ultimate reality when they know humans cannot experience it with normal human senses.[/b]
Same here, I learn lots of stuff from Buddhism but do I agree with everything every Buddhist / Temple say? Probably not.
What I like about Buddhism though is that they tell you not to accept anything that you cannot agree with... -
I sense a flame war brewing...
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There's no God in Buddhism.
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not according to TS...Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:There's no God in Buddhism. -
Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:not according to TS...
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Nope. The mainstream Christian idea is that God is a personal being, means a being with personality, like the Maha Brahma. This idea is brought forward from the Old Testament.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:You try pointing something out to a christian and ask him if this is God. Never will he ever agree that something you can point out is God. Why must buddhists think that God must be a thing? Emptiness can also become a thing if you do it wrong. -
Tell that to AEN....Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:I learn lots of stuff from Jesus' teachings as well but do I agree with everything the churches teach? Probably not.
Same here, I learn lots of stuff from Buddhism but do I agree with everything every Buddhist / Temple say? Probably not.
What I like about Buddhism though is that they tell you not to accept anything that you cannot agree with... -
Einstein once said "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." I find it so well said because science does not give u purpose in life. I also find it so true that science provides the fact for religion otherwise which there are so many myths which people blindly believe in. -
??Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:Tell that to AEN....
No comments. -
Anyway the fact is mainstream Christianity believes God to be a thing, though they do not have clear definitions what that 'thing' is. And as longchen said, that God is a 'thing' will be contradicting (check his topics). Enough said.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:You try pointing something out to a christian and ask him if this is God. Never will he ever agree that something you can point out is God. Why must buddhists think that God must be a thing? Emptiness can also become a thing if you do it wrong. -
(from an email)Originally posted by maggot:As long there is police to uphold justice there is no god
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS?
I SURE DIDN'T UNTIL NOW....
Death is certain, but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this.....
Very interesting, read until the end.....
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Here are some men and women who mocked God :
John Lennon (Singer):
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple,
Today we are more famous than Him" (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ,
was shot six times.
Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):
During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from
his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President,
then he died
Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):
During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:
"God, that's for you."
He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.
The man who built the Titanic
After the construction of the Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the
Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it"
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.
He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.
After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said:
"I don't need your Jesus".
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment
Bon Scott (Singer)
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:
"Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell".
On the 19th of February 1980 , Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit
Campinas (IN 2005)
In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend.....
The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter - holding her hand,
who was already seated in the car:
"My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.."
She responded: "Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here.....It' s Already Full "
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact.
The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact.
Chancery; font-size: 32px; ">To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none were broken
Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)
Said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle
Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.
Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive
"Jesus"
P.S: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone.
So are you going to have courage to send this?.
I have done my part.
Jesus said
"If you are embarrassed about me,
I will also be embarrassed about you
before my father -
Originally posted by season:
God and Satan exists in the world. Reject God and you are at the mercy of Satan. It is not God who killed those people, but rather it is Satan who pounced on them the moment they pushed God aside. The message is very clear.
(from an email)
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS?
I SURE DIDN'T UNTIL NOW....
Death is certain, but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this.....
Very interesting, read until the end.....
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Here are some men and women who mocked God :
John Lennon (Singer):
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple,
Today we are more famous than Him" (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ,
was shot six times.
Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):
During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from
his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President,
then he died
Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):
During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:
"God, that's for you."
He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.
The man who built the Titanic
After the construction of the Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the
Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it"
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.
He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.
After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said:
"I don't need your Jesus".
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment
Bon Scott (Singer)
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:
"Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell".
On the 19th of February 1980 , Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit
Campinas (IN 2005)
In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend.....
The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter - holding her hand,
who was already seated in the car:
"My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.."
She responded: "Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here.....It' s Already Full "
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact.
The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact.
Chancery; font-size: 32px; ">To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none were broken
Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)
Said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle
Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.
Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive
"Jesus"
P.S: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone.
So are you going to have courage to send this?.
I have done my part.
Jesus said
"If you are embarrassed about me,
I will also be embarrassed about you
before my father -
Erm guys, pls do NOT post anything off topic from TS's post... such as Maggot's post and the subsequent replies.. starting from now. Thanks.
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http://sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=250583
Tell me a personal being can do all that. -
I don't understand what you are asking. Your point is?Originally posted by Eric Cartman:http://sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=250583
Tell me a personal being can do all that.
'Intervene lives divinely' in Buddhism can be caused by anyone with supernatural powers.
A usual mainstream Christian, Church-goer believes in a personal creator that they aspires one day to meet up with, a person who can intervene their lives divinely even now. Of course Buddhists do not share this believe and does not accept any personal God or creator. -
Look at all the posts that are not davidche's.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:I don't understand what you are asking. Your point is?
'Intervene lives divinely' in Buddhism can be caused by anyone with supernatural powers.
A usual mainstream Christian, Church-goer believes in a personal creator that they aspires one day to meet up with, a person who can intervene their lives divinely even now. Of course Buddhists do not share this believe and does not accept any personal God or creator. -
Read. So your point is?Originally posted by Eric Cartman:Look at all the posts that are not davidche's. -
Do you understand "acts of commission" (your Satan) and "acts of omissions?(your God) You need to think harder... I have only pity for you... do you know what it is like to be "good" person not under compulsion of punishment from God?Originally posted by Skibi:God and Satan exists in the world. Reject God and you are at the mercy of Satan. It is not God who killed those people, but rather it is Satan who pounced on them the moment they pushed God aside. The message is very clear.
Can you appreciate what it is like to have compassion not because you fear hell and you fear mocking God?
I have only pity for people like you. You have not found the real meaning of life and living but is driven by irrational fears...
Are you so blind as to be unable to see that this type of threads and topics would be locked and closed and threats issued in the other religious forums but Buddhists are so comfortable and sure of their position that they do not need to resort to such childish things... -
How can science give meaning to life? Do you know what science is? As for religion, have you confronted all the issues and come to an understanding of your own faith or are you blindly following what "others" say?Originally posted by apples:Einstein once said "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." I find it so well said because science does not give u purpose in life. I also find it so true that science provides the fact for religion otherwise which there are so many myths which people blindly believe in. -
Yes.. especially the problem of sufferings of samsara, birth and death, and unable to find any lasting bliss. Buddhism offers solution to all these.Originally posted by tokyofire:Buddhism is a Knowledge... a knowledge that open the problem of every single human being faced.
Actually it is not just knowledge... not just knowing this is the truth.. but rather direct intuitive insights that is not just a matter of, and transcends, mere understanding and rationality. It is about liberating insights.