(June 8, 2013 at 11:01 am)Minimalist Wrote: Oh, another of those "symbolic" v "literal" distinctions that theists always seem to make.The Buddha used allegories and his original teachings are agnostic. It's only when unenlightened people fucked with them later on that Gods started to make their appearance.
I see.
What the Buddha taught can be understood and practiced without any reference to supernatural bullshit.
"Men see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages — except their own!" — Ernest Crosby.