RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism...
December 20, 2014 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2014 at 8:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 20, 2014 at 1:20 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: It seems to me that atheists who tend to gravitate towards Eastern religions do so much less because of the metaphysical "solutions" they offer and instead because of the practical benefits entailed in certain ascetic lifestyles, such as the emphasis placed on knowing one's nature through quiet contemplation, following a strict discipline requiring the restraint of certain urges, etc. So, I don't really see what the problem is to that extent.I view that situation in an entirely different light. I think that people here who gravitate towards eastern religions do so for the same reasons as people gravitate toward the "native fare". After all, theyre the same people. I also notice that this "practical benefits" horseshit is the same as crooning about some magical fruit: we hear -that- from their christard brethren as well. Taken up for the same reasons, justified with the same style, by the same people. Meh.
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