Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Name the atheistic religions.
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The 'great nothing', vs heaven or hell: which is better?
- Thread starter Desert Snake
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Name the atheistic religions.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
No reason to, if you don't know what religion can mean, aside from theism, then present a definition for religion.
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
You need a definition of religion, before saying there aren't atheistic religions.
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
You nominated atheistic religions as a topic !
Just for clarity, do you consider advaita Hinduism theistic or atheistic ?
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
It’s your thread, and you chose the phrase ‘atheistic religion’, so I think it’s down to you to define it. At least give an example or two.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
You haven't even provided a definition for religion.
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Yeah. ‘Hare Krishnaism’ is Vaishnava, Bhakti, one of the many forms of Hinduism. It sits between advaita and dvaita. ‘Acintya bedaabeda tattva’ - which means ‘ inconceivably the same and different’
Do you know any others ?
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
How the hell is that God's fault?
I will remind you that the whole creation also experiences joy and happiness, love and companionship with other humans. That is the state of most humans, so in spite of suffering, pain and illness, most people are not depressed. Otherwise more people would be committing suicide.
So you cannot say God is evil based upon pain and suffering because then you have to explain why there is so much joy and happiness, among the majority of humans.
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Howard Is
Lucky Mud
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Define religion, first. You brought it up.
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Howard Is
Lucky Mud
You have just made an absolute fool of yourself.
I won’t continue this. Have a nice day.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
It is reality, and there is a lot of evidence, not only from scriptures but from mediums who have communicated with spirits. The messages coming through are not precise because it is not easy to explain what exists in a spiritual world that is so different from this world, but what comes through is close enough to have a general idea.
Why would it make things worse to know what awaits us on the other side? I generally do not take trips without a lot of preparation. I think the worst thing is not knowing and then being caught off guard. That could last for days, weeks or years in earth time. It is better to know something even if it is not precise than to know nothing at all.
God wanted us to know that there is an afterlife, and that is why it was revealed in scriptures. He did not tell us much about it though.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Continue what? You didn't say anything.
I'm not going to entertain the 'not say anything yet refute ' game.
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Howard Is
Lucky Mud
The scriptures were written by theologians with an agenda.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
As a side note, there are different ways of actually not saying anything:
[Example:
'Lucifer isn't one Being, it's a concept'.
Now, at first read, it seems like what is being said, is,
[LUCIFER isn't a being
[LUCIFER is merely a concept.
Note that, actually neither of these ideas, can be attributed to the statement, about Lucifer.
Lucifer can be a Being, with shared persona, luciferians. Lucifer can be a concept, while also being a Being, and, even a Being, with the shared persona, [[like a type of possession.
[Example:
'Lucifer isn't one Being, it's a concept'.
Now, at first read, it seems like what is being said, is,
[LUCIFER isn't a being
[LUCIFER is merely a concept.
Note that, actually neither of these ideas, can be attributed to the statement, about Lucifer.
Lucifer can be a Being, with shared persona, luciferians. Lucifer can be a concept, while also being a Being, and, even a Being, with the shared persona, [[like a type of possession.
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Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
The 'great nothing', vs heaven or hell: which is better?
Interesting...nothing is "great" but heaven and hell are not. Hmmmm
Interesting...nothing is "great" but heaven and hell are not. Hmmmm