RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism...
January 12, 2015 at 12:04 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2015 at 12:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Atheism teaches me nothing, and makes no claims to have anything to teach. It is a single line item on the status of belief. No magic or superstition in buddhism, none huh? Is this a claim that I can hold you to? You see anything in your list or in buddhism that I can't find elsewhere (and I assume you see nothing -in that cherry picked list- regarding magic or superstition...nothing at all that I might point at...and are you sure that everything, just in that list, is a good idea -to begin with-)? Your description of karma, btw...might have left something out.
-I'm a humanist, btw. Tar that in the mud, have fun (I don't know if they hand out priesthoods...but if they did I'd like me some-a-that). You, by your stated ethical principles....probably aren't. Which isn't to say that you are not ethical, or that we agree on nothing...but there are some nagging little tidbits just in what you chose to share (and I'm guessing there is a mountain of other statements that you could make) - that list probably doesn't provide an all-encompassing description of your position. You also don't seem to be adhering to your own principles...in your discussion with me - so how effective are they supposed to seem, to me? Here, just so you have something to chew on, so that you might see where our positions diverge when they diverge-
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=ch...q=humanism
-I'm a humanist, btw. Tar that in the mud, have fun (I don't know if they hand out priesthoods...but if they did I'd like me some-a-that). You, by your stated ethical principles....probably aren't. Which isn't to say that you are not ethical, or that we agree on nothing...but there are some nagging little tidbits just in what you chose to share (and I'm guessing there is a mountain of other statements that you could make) - that list probably doesn't provide an all-encompassing description of your position. You also don't seem to be adhering to your own principles...in your discussion with me - so how effective are they supposed to seem, to me? Here, just so you have something to chew on, so that you might see where our positions diverge when they diverge-
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=ch...q=humanism
Quote:an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.I could probably nitpick the wiki, but I won't, it's sufficient for our discussion.
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