RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 3, 2012 at 8:54 am
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2012 at 8:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Scientologists also have such "technology" that they hold to be useful in and of themselves, irregardless of whether or not their magical explanation is factually accurate. They actually call it "religious technology", and have an "Office of Religious Technology. ORT".
@Bgood, what teachings do you find so useful, what use did you find for them? Why do I seem to be capable of achieving those goals without employing any knowledge gained from your fairy?
@Abra...you aren't? You are the guy arguing that science hasn't "ruled out" magic...correct? You must absolutely know something I don't, something powerful and difficult to comprehend, lol.
"Magic does not exist" is not an outlandish statement, it is a factually accurate statement (as has been explained, and expanded upon). For all scientists know the moon may be made out of cheese that appears to be a mineral only to us (your little asides continue to amaze me). Science has ruled out anything that has ever been described as spiritual or magical, your attempts to redefine either of these things to exclude the items that formed the definition is unconvincing (as per your argument attempting to reduce karma to cause and effect, specifically causes and effects that can be demonstrated by science, a "mechanism of life").
I'm not in the habit of just giving anyone their fairytales. If you want a rabbit to talk or a tortoise to win a race you're going to have to have something to show for them. Redefinition and weasel phrases don't meet my bar for evidence.
(I do understand that you are most likely being sincere, that this sort of rhetoric and these sort of phrases or concepts are the things that convinced you. They are simply unconvincing to me.)
@Bgood, what teachings do you find so useful, what use did you find for them? Why do I seem to be capable of achieving those goals without employing any knowledge gained from your fairy?
@Abra...you aren't? You are the guy arguing that science hasn't "ruled out" magic...correct? You must absolutely know something I don't, something powerful and difficult to comprehend, lol.
"Magic does not exist" is not an outlandish statement, it is a factually accurate statement (as has been explained, and expanded upon). For all scientists know the moon may be made out of cheese that appears to be a mineral only to us (your little asides continue to amaze me). Science has ruled out anything that has ever been described as spiritual or magical, your attempts to redefine either of these things to exclude the items that formed the definition is unconvincing (as per your argument attempting to reduce karma to cause and effect, specifically causes and effects that can be demonstrated by science, a "mechanism of life").
I'm not in the habit of just giving anyone their fairytales. If you want a rabbit to talk or a tortoise to win a race you're going to have to have something to show for them. Redefinition and weasel phrases don't meet my bar for evidence.
(I do understand that you are most likely being sincere, that this sort of rhetoric and these sort of phrases or concepts are the things that convinced you. They are simply unconvincing to me.)
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