RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
March 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2012 at 3:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Context is whatever one wishes for it to be. You know, when you make context arguments, have you ever considered that you'll then have to make all those different contexts non-contradictory as well? Just makes it worse. How hard is it to say "the bible is just a story". There can still be a god, there can still be a christian god, god can still be whatever you wish, but the bible is just a story. What's the "true interpretation" of the story? There is none, and it would cheapen the story if it were so. Why is it that the gods I don't believe in are always bigger than the gods other people do? Heaven forbid there be some other use, some other meaning, some less than absurd translation of a text supposedly inspired by the lord of the fucking universe. But whatever, box your own god in all you like. Make him seem more like yourself, easier to understand, shackle him to your interpretation. What's the worst that could happen?
(points to the massive heap of dead religions that insisted on doing exactly this)
(points to the massive heap of dead religions that insisted on doing exactly this)
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