Why are you right? (ritual, translation, choices, choice, church)

[logician]

Originally Posted by Heneni

There is only one.

Heneni

Minus one.

[Jeremiah]

Originally Posted by Riverwolf

Except that Buddhists do not view themselves as "above" everyone else, and Buddha never said that his way was the only way, nor did he say he was a god, by the way. (In fact, when people asked him if he was a god, he specifically said, "no.") One Buddhist philosophy is "whatever works for you is fine." I know because my dad is a Buddhist. Now, not all Buddhists are like this, I know, but it is in the Buddhist doctrine to accept others for who they are and not to view themselves as "right."

And I think your argument on argumentation(... ) more has to do with a debate. To me, a debate and an argument are two different things; an argument, whether well thought-out or not, is an attempt by someone to bring another person over to their views, whereas a debate is more about trying to explain and back up why someone believes as they do. That's just my view, though. And of course, let's face it. A good argument, that is one that is well thought-out and civilized, is great fun, and for me is a guilty pleasure.

Go back to my first post. You'll see that I used the word fight; I did that for a reason. I felt the word argue could cause confusion but you got confused anyways. I also feel you are confused between an individual and a philosophy. I used the word Buddhist in references to a individual in the guidance of the religion. Religions say allot of things and are not always followed as written. Sorry next time I will try to make my post more understandable. Thanks for the conversation.