(October 13, 2013 at 6:06 pm)Dunno Wrote: There are a couple bits of buddhism that don't make sense:
reincarnation: Yeah, like I'm supposed to believe that?
Buddha knew the complete truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth: Whatever, he knew a couple of things.
Nirvana is a holy state: Yeah right, only because it's impossible to know everything. I think of nirvana as the goal of the philosopher, and buddha as the philosopher king. However unlike the buddhist who thinks only buddha knew what was going on, I think that everyone has a nirvana, if they think hard enough. and so did buddha to a certain extent, except that nirvana made him a god, and so reaching nirvana makes others gods. but I don't think nirvana makes him a god. I think it made him a philosopher with a strong desire to be remembered.
Life is suffering: Um, I don't exactly agree with this. Sometimes life is suffering, and sometimes life is happy.
The cause of suffering is desire: This is just ridiculous. You can't even be alive if you don't desire stuff. so, if life is suffering, and desire is the cause, then we can also say that desire is the cause of life, which is certainly true.
impermanence: Very good, buddha! Yes, things change constantly. There's a science law about that now but I'm an artist and don't know what it is. Matter is always in motion, that's what it is.
meditation: good stuff. relaxing. thanks, India!
I just covered the four noble truths, and gave my outsider analytical opinion. It's my favorite religion.
You're off on a few points, but yeah...dead post walking!
