Which religious ideals do you agree with? Which do you think are on the right path? Where do you think they went wrong?
Which religious ideals do you agree with? none. except... in the baha'i faith which states: the abandonment of all forms of prejudice assurance to women of full equality of opportunity with men recognition of the unity and relativity of religious truth the elimination of extremes of poverty and wealth the realization of universal education the responsibility of each person to independently search for truth the establishment of a global commonwealth of nations recognition that true religion is in harmony with reason and the pursuit of scientific knowledge Which do you think are on the right path? perhaps buddhism. also perhaps baha'i... only if i had to choose. Where do you think they went wrong? in believing that a god exists and basing their system of beliefs upon this said "god". AND creating a system of beliefs that every member must adhere to. i think you own your own beliefs and i think its foolish and naive to be a part of a religious belief system... i think the answers to any spiritual questions that you ask are only to be found within yourself. i thinks its foolish and naive to look to external forces to answer spiritual questions.
All religions had their Zen at some point. I think Xianity lost it with Paul. Hinduism with the Caste system. I think Buddhism is pretty much buzzing but I think that some of the stricter schools took a lot of the Zen away. Jews, I think, seem to have a lot of it, even though the teachings are a bit iffy for my liking. Taoism lost it with Tao Jio. I reckon any practice that bring people any closer to enlightenment is a good practice. Be it theistic or not. Some people may need the concept of God to get through many barriars, and if that is the case then all the more power to them. Blessings Sebbi
I like the idea in buddism and wiccan that you shouldn't 'hurt yourself or hurt others'. So simple. It covers pretty much everything to me.
Sebbi What you call enlightenment. Occam calls understanding. A questioned answered by illumination. IS the illumination a method or an internal state? We ALL can have such. Occam suggests,,through imaginative questioning. Others.. Occam and millions of others here and all over walk this path. Understanding and wisdom. A worthy goal. Why? Why not? The truth may hurt. But ignorance kills. And it's fun Occam
