RE: What does the (hypothetical) soul take with it?
April 14, 2015 at 10:20 pm
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2015 at 10:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 7, 2015 at 1:47 pm)emjay Wrote:(April 7, 2015 at 1:32 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Buddhism was 'logical and scientific' and 'incredible for its day' in what way?
I'd recommend the book "What The Buddha Taught" by Walpola Sri Rahula. In it it talks about what the Buddha, as a person, taught and there is nothing metaphysical about it. He comes across as an expert in psychology and the ideas make a lot of sense. If I were to follow any 'religion' that would be it but at that point in time it was not a religion, just the teachings of a wise man who never claimed to be anything other than that - he did not believe in any god nor claim to speak for any god.
To you, with your knowledge, today. Consider the possibility that you are lending the buddha wisdom that the buddha (a comical notion to begin with) did not, himself - possess.
-food for thought.
The same could be said about any religion (or religious figurehead), of course. Namely, that all of "the ignorant shit" came later. Thats a tremendously generous claim for any religion, I think. Just imagine how great the world would be if christianity hadn't been corrupted by that damned pagan church?
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