considering you are the dumbest by far I've ever come across - and that is saying something
Stop teaching morons that Christianity has a monopoly on virtue
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BidenPresident
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No, I am smart. I know that.
wise people demonstrate such. you dont
BidenPresident
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Yet you cannot debate me and never try to refute what I say.
You come on JPP and just start lying about everything because that's your job.
But now your fucking lies are only hurting your "very fine people."
You are the reason why FL is a COVID disaster.
usually you dont say much of anything other then self congratulatory.
on the rare times you lay out an argument/make point I do.
https://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm
the Fourth Noble truth charts the method for attaining the end of suffering, known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold Path.
The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
Moreover, there are three themes into which the Path is divided: good moral conduct (Understanding, Thought, Speech); meditation and mental development (Action, Livelihood, Effort),
and wisdom or insight (Mindfulness and Concentration).
the Fourth Noble truth charts the method for attaining the end of suffering, known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold Path.
The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
Moreover, there are three themes into which the Path is divided: good moral conduct (Understanding, Thought, Speech); meditation and mental development (Action, Livelihood, Effort),
and wisdom or insight (Mindfulness and Concentration).
I mean, what's the point since you're just gonna lie your ass off anyway?
BidenPresident
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blah blah bye
Much like how being called a Democrat is seen as a terrible insult now.
I have more threads than most people mocking religious reactionaries...
But on the flipside, every aspect of human culture changes over time. Most of the science of 500 years ago we laugh at. We laugh at the foolishness of some Medieval religious beliefs.
Science, religion, culture, change over time. Religion and science are asking different questions. I don't think any genuine religious person is looking to Christianity to solve the mysteries of the Higgs boson and dark matter. Outside of American Protestant fundamentalism, I do not even thiink christians are looking to their church to provide scientific explanations of evolution and genetics.
On the other hand, I do not think science is studying or proposing a systematic system of morality or publishing studies on how to live an authentic life.
I think there is always going to be room in humanity for a community of people to practice ritual and a systematic metaphysical moral vision that is accepted as binding because it reflects a higher truth.
I just don't see that completely going away.
PoliTalker
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Hello Cypress,
I agree there is no end to religion in the near future.
I disagree that religion is changing. New printings of religious scriptures contain the same text. Nothing has been revised.
The only thing that changes about religion is how it is practiced.
There were no televangelists 100 years ago, for instance.
I don't see religion going away because people don't participate in religion to affirm their beliefs. They already believe. At least most of them do. I am convinced there are many who participate in religion, even religious leaders, who have their doubts about the basic existence of a creator being. But mostly these doubts are not discussed. To do so would violate the scriptures.
Many people participate in religion mostly for the social aspect. By maintaining a church membership, they are part of a club, part of an organization, part of something bigger than themselves. It gives them an automatic set of friends, people who share something in common, a group to identify with. That's probably more important for most church members than reaffirming belief.
I agree there is no end to religion in the near future.
I disagree that religion is changing. New printings of religious scriptures contain the same text. Nothing has been revised.
The only thing that changes about religion is how it is practiced.
There were no televangelists 100 years ago, for instance.
I don't see religion going away because people don't participate in religion to affirm their beliefs. They already believe. At least most of them do. I am convinced there are many who participate in religion, even religious leaders, who have their doubts about the basic existence of a creator being. But mostly these doubts are not discussed. To do so would violate the scriptures.
Many people participate in religion mostly for the social aspect. By maintaining a church membership, they are part of a club, part of an organization, part of something bigger than themselves. It gives them an automatic set of friends, people who share something in common, a group to identify with. That's probably more important for most church members than reaffirming belief.
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That's simply not true...Your mind doesn't grok anything stranger in your strange land.......
