RE: There is no "I" in "You"
May 21, 2016 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2016 at 6:44 pm by Gemini.)
(May 21, 2016 at 6:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: 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...
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...
"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? ...
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.
Bertrand Russell didn't think the Buddha's philosophy was silly. You do. Whatever.
There actually is no controversy over whether Christianity is a religion or a philosophy. It's acknowledged to be a religion, by everyone. Period.
What eastern philosophical tradition did I trample on when I buggered karma? Be specific. Like I said, there's a difference between eastern philosophy and eastern religion.
Finally, if you want to separate people from the traditions they are associated with, go ahead. I really don't care whether we parse it out as eastern philosophical traditions or the thoughts of people who were raised east of the Euphrates.
