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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:40 PM Original message |
About religion... |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amen, Sister! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes - that's why I don't hate on them.... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Shit...you know, I ran that 'i before e except after c' thing through my head before I wrote that. n |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. As a member of an oft misunderstood religion - I thank you for this post |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Agreed... |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. You are so Right. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. What is a religion, what is religious belief, what are the actions that go with it? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I think they might have the same origin, i e. "Why I am here?"... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Just strolled through GD and see the source, incredible. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. mmmm...pie....n/t |
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rudeboy666 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes and no |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Religions differ, yes. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Makes you wonder if it is all just some weird sibling rivalry... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well said! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. and yet there are buddhist temples that take money, a lot of them actually |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. See? This is the kind of thing that really pisses me off. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. i can say "all" when "all" is what i meant |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. That's it. That's the total reason for religion in the world. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Its not the same UU are not Fundamental are not Buddhist are |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. remember the actions of the AMish after those girls were killed |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. there are decent people of every faith or of no faith |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Ok, that we can agree on. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. nice post, renie |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Like I said, I am not a religious scholar. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not quite true |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Check 'religious scholar' comment upthread. n/t |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Which is why I was being pendantic |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Well said - indeed there are a lot of Christian Buddhists out there n/t |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Buddhism; there are many paths up the mountain. Just get going... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. My exposure to Buddhism is through some books I read |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Nope, just the Siddharta Gautama to Buddha deal, as far as I know it's deity-free! |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. I just posted at this link, before reading this. Great minds, eh? :) |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. I emphatically disagree |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. True there is no God in Buddhism only our commonality. I applaud your journey on the Noble Path. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Religion is a fancy name for irrational superstition |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Judaism, Islam, Christianity and others do have one thing in common... |
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