RE: There is no "I" in "You"
May 21, 2016 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2016 at 6:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 21, 2016 at 6:22 pm)Gemini Wrote: Maybe the problem is that you think of Buddhism as being intrinsically religious.Well, it is...but that;s not my problem with buddhism. My problem with buddhism is that it's silly. To make it less silly...we apply syncretism.
Quote:It really isn't. Not in the way Christianity is. Look to the controversy over whether Buddhism is a philosophy or a religion. (The answer is, it depends on the practitioner, imho).A controversy in the same way that there is a controversy over evolution, and a controversy over whether or not -christianity- is a philosophy, a personal relationship with god, or a religion. The -tradition- doesn't change based upon any assessment of a particular practitioner.
Quote:Next: why do you think I've removed every sub-branch of eastern philosophy that doesn't seem skeptical?"So bugger karma" - I know that you've removed some..and judging from your previous comments as to eastern traditions being more skeptical, I suspect that you've removed (or were unaware of) a great many. Do the same for western philosophy and run whatever metrics you're using to determine level of skepticism again?
Quote:Finally: kudos to Thales of Miletus. But non-westerners also contributed to the origin of science.That would be a different subject. People are not a tradition. OFC non-westerners have contributed to science, and their contributions have been, in many cases, monumental. That doesn't transfer to eastern philosophic tradition by association of their ethnicity or nationality.
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