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Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 8:59 am
This is probably the best religion you can follow the more extremists you are the most peaceful you are. 
Jainism - is a religion of non violence. It promotes peace of the world. But more importantly, it promotes, peace within the self. It's the path that emphasizes to search for truth. It's logical and asks us to be logical. Nothing should be believed on blindly.
It's about self discipline and training. A path to achieve the true happiness which cannot be found in this material world.
It itself says that no religion should be tagged a the 'best'. And that a person needn't follow a religion to be a good person.
This is the oldest living religion. It's a spiritual path. No god is there who created us and we ourselves are responsible for better or good.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 9:07 am
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(March 27, 2015 at 8:59 am)dyresand Wrote: This is probably the best religion you can follow the more extremists you are the most peaceful you are.
Jainism - is a religion of non violence. It promotes peace of the world. But more importantly, it promotes, peace within the self. It's the path that emphasizes to search for truth. It's logical and asks us to be logical. Nothing should be believed on blindly.
It's about self discipline and training. A path to achieve the true happiness which cannot be found in this material world.
It itself says that no religion should be tagged a the 'best'. And that a person needn't follow a religion to be a good person.
This is the oldest living religion. It's a spiritual path. No god is there who created us and we ourselves are responsible for better or good. I got to hang out for a couple weeks on a Mennonite colony farming wheat in Alberta. These folks were pretty radically pacifist. They'd gotten driven out of Europe & settled in New York (I think I remember, this was 30 years ago) then driven out of there & settled in Illinois, then driven out of there and settled in Alberta.
If your religion is too peaceful, it gets replaced by ones that aren't. The thought is nice, but in practice, it has no defense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism#Royal_patronage
Quote:Once a major religion, Jainism declined due to a number of factors, including proselytising by other religious groups, persecution, withdrawal of royal patronage, sectarian fragmentation and the absence of central leadership
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 9:11 am
(March 27, 2015 at 8:59 am)dyresand Wrote: This is probably the best religion you can follow the more extremists you are the most peaceful you are.
Jainism - is a religion of non violence. It promotes peace of the world. But more importantly, it promotes, peace within the self. It's the path that emphasizes to search for truth. It's logical and asks us to be logical. Nothing should be believed on blindly.
It's about self discipline and training. A path to achieve the true happiness which cannot be found in this material world.
It itself says that no religion should be tagged a the 'best'. And that a person needn't follow a religion to be a good person.
This is the oldest living religion. It's a spiritual path. No god is there who created us and we ourselves are responsible for better or good.
Indian spiritual beliefs are pretty cool in general. It's too bad america was influenced by puritans who thought sex was evil, and work for the sake of work was a virtue.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 9:18 am
(March 27, 2015 at 9:11 am)Chad32 Wrote: Indian spiritual beliefs are pretty cool in general. It's too bad america was influenced by puritans who thought sex was evil, and work for the sake of work was a virtue.
Sure, but they were too relaxed to violently expand their empires into the rest of the planet. I think it has something to do with the easy availability of weed. 
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 9:38 am
Historically, peaceful nonviolent cultures tended to be wiped out by their violent neighbors. You can spout the virtues of peace all day long, but you still have to be able to defend yourself. You don't have to start fights, but you need to be able to finish them.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(March 27, 2015 at 9:11 am)Chad32 Wrote: (March 27, 2015 at 8:59 am)dyresand Wrote: This is probably the best religion you can follow the more extremists you are the most peaceful you are.
Jainism - is a religion of non violence. It promotes peace of the world. But more importantly, it promotes, peace within the self. It's the path that emphasizes to search for truth. It's logical and asks us to be logical. Nothing should be believed on blindly.
It's about self discipline and training. A path to achieve the true happiness which cannot be found in this material world.
It itself says that no religion should be tagged a the 'best'. And that a person needn't follow a religion to be a good person.
This is the oldest living religion. It's a spiritual path. No god is there who created us and we ourselves are responsible for better or good.
Indian spiritual beliefs are pretty cool in general. It's too bad america was influenced by puritans who thought sex was evil, and work for the sake of work was a virtue.
Yeah....we didn't really have much bright people back in those days. But hey those who thought sex was bad died out for the most part some i think i still around.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 12:25 pm
That's probably the only reason the "only in marriage" concession was made. Even the most extreme puritanical christian must admit that virgin births don't happen regularly enough to keep a population going indefinitely. Some men need to screw women some of the time. Ironically the new advancements allowing in vitro fertilization would allow people to propagate the race without ever having sex.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 12:35 pm
I remember (reading? listening?) to an MIT population biologist who pointed out that given the rates of pregnancy failure, infant and maternal mortality, a primitive culture pretty much had to keep its females permanently pregnant in order to break even. Hence the concentration on fertility gods. It wasn't just for fun. If you didn't stay busy, your culture died out.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 1:55 pm
It also explains orgy festivals.
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RE: Jainism
March 27, 2015 at 2:16 pm
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Jainism is a better brand of simple-minded, misogynistic, moral busy-bodying lunacy? I doubt that very much.
Indian beliefs produced a pretty shitty society, in that regard the puritans were relative amateurs. I'd feel better about it if neither puritan nor indian beliefs had influenced the US. Choosing between the two is, to me, between ketchup or curry on a shit sandwich.
You think that karma, and rating other creatures based on witchcraft, is logical? Jains believe in a hell...of course. Logic! They don't eat tubers....because they're living beings (but for some reason the leafy greens aren't extended the courtesy). Legit. Hey, guess what, that non-violence thing...it has clauses and provisions.
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