RE: Philosophical Buddhist who is still an atheist
August 24, 2012 at 9:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2012 at 10:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 24, 2012 at 9:19 pm)TaraJo Wrote: I'm aware of this as well. I wonder, had I been born in Mongolia or Tibet, and followed the same skeptic path I have here, would I be adamantly rejecting Buddhism and eastern religions but finding something to believe in with Judeo Christian philosophy?
However, another one of the things that led me to Buddhist thought is treatment for borderline personality disorder, especially DBT. I don't know of any legitimate treatments that involve Christian philosophy.
What is it that you find in DBT (or Buddhism) that you feel the various western traditions available have missed?
Reading over this I can't honestly see how any of it was "derived from buddhism", the proponents seem to have drawn their particular inspiration from buddhism, granted.....but I don't see anything here that is unique to buddhism at all. It would be like claiming that the color green is derived from Southern Yellow Pine. As far as whether or not any legitimate treatments involve christian philosophy....I'm pretty sure you'd just have to look for someone who caters to that market.
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