(January 6, 2017 at 10:21 am)Little Rik Wrote:If you, the student, know that you are ready because the right teacher came to you, how is that different from the fifty eleven religions that also believe they have found THE TRUTH?(January 6, 2017 at 10:06 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Where do you get your idea of god from.
At one stage in my life I was very interested in knowing what is behind this universal drama.
At that stage a mysterious force brought me to the teacher.
The saying goes........when the student is ready the teacher will appear.
(January 6, 2017 at 10:11 am)Mr Greene Wrote: Religions portray themselves as representing their deity/ies.
What other source would you suggest?
I suggest to keep an open mind to all possibilities and have the desire to know.
OTOH
If you're open to the possibility that you might be listening to the wrong teacher then how can you ever know that you're ready?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
