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I was Wrong....
- Thread starter Thief
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Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Why would you need to be "right" about something you couldn't possibly verify or ascertain with certainty?
You're either, mistaken, wrong, deluded, or living an illusion of knowing about the next life. It is highly questionable that we 'know' about this life.
Maybe I just have a higher opinion of your God than you do.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
You could always write a letter to your future self.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
Nope. No doubts. Because I believe the Buddha. Quite simply, the Buddhist worldview is comprehensive and total. It's more comprehensive than Christianity for sure, which frequently makes the appeal of divine revelation for the most elementary of matters like social ethics. Do you apply this to yourself? If you're wrong?
Because in my worldview it will be bad if certain monotheists are wrong- specifically the ones that engage in discriminatory behavior against others based on their beliefs. Some of them do this on a mass, societal scale- sometimes extending into actually violent actions and killing. Buddhism teaches such people will be reborn in a hell realm. To put it in monotheistic terms: they'll go to hell.
Because in my worldview it will be bad if certain monotheists are wrong- specifically the ones that engage in discriminatory behavior against others based on their beliefs. Some of them do this on a mass, societal scale- sometimes extending into actually violent actions and killing. Buddhism teaches such people will be reborn in a hell realm. To put it in monotheistic terms: they'll go to hell.
'Cause the Bible says so, of course.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
If there is an afterlife and such a god, I'm pretty sure this entity wouldn't be a dickwad and would have some understanding of our circumstances. Such as "you never believed in me? Well, your tribe never knew of anything beyond their own views." Or "You lived during a time when they coined the phrase 'information overload.' Don't worry, I won't hold it against you."
If there is the commonly believed afterlife, how will you cope
with trading in your ninja pajamas for what they wear (or not)
in those Hieronymus Bosch paintings?
Jeremiah Ames
Well-Known Member
Makes total sense to me.
Real Christianity says the same thing.
Sadly, many Christians have a super strong connection to their religious doctrines and leadership, but little or no connection to the vine (that brings life).
Jeremiah Ames
Well-Known Member
My understanding of what i read, does not conform to what you say here. There is no belief required. Also, whether or not there is evidence, you (I mean you literally) are likely to experience the the same afterlife I am expecting, without evidence.
Why do I say this? Because the things you post give a bit of insight into your character.
Believing a certain thing, saying a certain thing, or going to a certain building with a bunch of people doing and saying the same thing; this is not the key. It’s your fruit. Period. The good vine does not produce bad fruit. And the bad vine cannot produce good.
Claims of belief of certainty without doubt, objective skepticism, and comparison with a broader consciousness of the reality of fallible human belief is 'blind faith.'
The more narrowly we believe the more likely we are wrong.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
hmmmm........isn't that a definition for .....faith
My understanding of what i read, does not conform to what you say here. There is no belief required. Also, whether or not there is evidence, you (I mean you literally) are likely to experience the the same afterlife I am expecting, without evidence.
Why do I say this? Because the things you post give a bit of insight into your character.
Believing a certain thing, saying a certain thing, or going to a certain building with a bunch of people doing and saying the same thing; this is not the key. It’s your fruit. Period. The good vine does not produce bad fruit. And the bad vine cannot produce good.
I'll take your response as meaning you never deeply consider the question of an afterlife with fresh eyes.
Jeremiah Ames
Well-Known Member
The eyes have been refreshed numerous times just the past few months.
The more my view changes, the better it gets.
Scary.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
so...there is a Spirit Greater than yourself
with the power to place lesser spirit in positions of torment
sounds very Christian to me.....