Religion & Science

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by StSanta
Religion = bad. Basically it is a group claiming to have intimate knowledge of possibly a deity and his/her/its intentions. Through history it has been used to opress the masses.

Not true, Buddhists don't even have a deity (Buddha is only a prophet, a man who reached enlightenment and has no further impact on the fate of those that follow the religion). In fact Buddhists are generally Atheists - those that aren't may subscribe to a second religion.

Syzygyone I'd be suprised to EVER find Buddhists pushing their religion. Its just not the nature of Buddhists or the way their religion works.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Hortlund
And that's the bottom line for all Religion-bashers.

Please explain how this makes sense to you.
(did you bother to read my post, or were you just looking for a troll bait?)

[Arfann]

Originally posted by Vulcan
Not true, Buddhists don't even have a deity (Buddha is only a prophet, a man who reached enlightenment and has no further impact on the fate of those that follow the religion). In fact Buddhists are generally Atheists - those that aren't may subscribe to a second religion.

Syzygyone I'd be suprised to EVER find Buddhists pushing their religion. Its just not the nature of Buddhists or the way their religion works.

Depends on the variety of Buddhism. I practiced a lay version of Buddhism for 7 years and 90% of the practice was proselytization (sp?). There were meetings every night to introduce new people. I'm not saying it was right, but it was definitely pushing Buddhism.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Originally posted by Hortlund
Then you are just getting yuck on your fingers for nothing. Once an earthworm has been forced out of his hole he is doomed. Countrary to popular belief the worms dont just build a new hole or whatever. They have one hole, and they die when they are removed from it.

Atleast they won't be sauteed (need to through one of those gay squiggleys over one of those e s) on scorching hot pavement.

Maybe a nice fisherman will come along, pick it up, throw it on a hook and complete the circle of life.
-SW
EDIT: changed him to it, since worms have a lil' from column A and a lil' from column B.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Arfann
Depends on the variety of Buddhism. I practiced a lay version of Buddhism for 7 years and 90% of the practice was proselytization (sp?). There were meetings every night to introduce new people. I'm not saying it was right, but it was definitely pushing Buddhism.

Well thats wierd, all the Buddhists I know don't do that. But they are all Asian (Chinese, Cambodian, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese). Where these Asian buddhists doing the pushing?

[Maverick]

I just gotta say it.


VULCAN HAS MUCH BETTER BAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BTW the creation he has displayed is certainly heavenly no matter HOW you think it was developed!  

[Arfann]

Originally posted by Vulcan
Well thats wierd, all the Buddhists I know don't do that. But they are all Asian (Chinese, Cambodian, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese). Where these Asian buddhists doing the pushing?

The organization was headquartered in Japan. Mixture of Caucasian and Japanese in this country. They were even pushier about it in Japan than here.

[GrimCO]

We as humans are incapable of understanding eachother, let alone understanding "God". Historically, organized religions out of fear have tried their best to quell the scientific upstarts who attempted to find out how our Universe works and how it was created. I find this somewhat amusing because I came to believe in the existance of a God through the pursuit of science.

I also don't believe that God is afraid we'll find out how "he" did it. In fact, I'm quite sure he's proud enough of the Universe to welcome any curiosity on how he pulled it off. As I sit looking through my telescope, I am continually in awe at the beauty and size of the Universe we live in. It is truly an amazing thing, and I certainly think God (whatever he might be) welcomes any appreciation of it.

[bounder]

Originally posted by Hortlund
Then you are just getting yuck on your fingers for nothing. Once an earthworm has been forced out of his hole he is doomed. Countrary to popular belief the worms dont just build a new hole or whatever. They have one hole, and they die when they are removed from it.

hortlund,
you're wrong and clearly have no idea what you are talking about , whatsoever..

(plus ça change huh?)

earthworms are very happy to be thrown back on a patch of earth, and if you've ever had the patience to watch, you'll see they very rapidly disappear into the earth, little chetae propelling them as fast as they will go.

as for the karma for skydivers issue - well, no it probably wont save you from a nasty fall, but God is good to those who are good to the weak and lowly I hear - and you don't get much weaker or lowlier than an earthworm.

And of course without the earthworms we'd all starve to death so saving them whenever possible is a good idea.

[Hortlund]

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[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Hortlund
idiot

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[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by midnight Target
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Trollee!

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Syzygyone
Trollee!

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[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by midnight Target
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Groper!

[Rude]

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