How did this thread turn into a debate on the existance of a higher power? The OP rules that out as a source of meaning and purpose, for this...
If there is a Zen position on the origin of the universe or human life, I have never been able to find it. I just don't see a confict with...
Call it a philosophy, if you like. Attaching great importance to labels is a part of Western thinking, not Eastern. In my first post, I did not...
Placing your complete trust in information that you cannot verify has always been a risky proposition. Distribution of disinformation is a...
:cheers2: This is the Zen answer. Life simply is what it is. Attaching a greater purpose is a trick that your mind sometimes plays on you.
This is more of an observation than a belief. Eastern religions tend towards intense pragmatism and practicality. Few practitioners spend...
Christianity is constantly in tension with science, because christianity involves a large collection of "facts" which may or may not conflict with...
I am not saying that this is not a way for some people to experience a much-needed change in direction. I am saying that there are other ways to...
I do not own a bible, and I never will. I should have known someone would ask this, and I should have used a term with a more precise meaning....
Many of them are taught to push their beliefs onto other people, as a fundamental part of following Christ. The new believers are not coming up...
The first casualty of war is the truth. We are deeply immersed in a culture war, and all information technologies are tools and weapons to be used...
You presume that we are all involved or interested in a Western religion. Faith plays little or no part in most Eastern thought. I validate...
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