true, but hinduism dwells on that a whole lot more then Buddhism dose ... now why am i bringing that into this ... i'm not sure ... i did a big philosophy paper on Siddharthra (a big one, not a good one), and from what i gathered they do and don't belive in that ... i think they belive it to a certain extent but belive that a person could always pull out of that cycle at any time in their lives if they chose to. Also, interestingly i couldnt find any thing that adequately described the buddhist reincarnation ... or i was just lookign in all the wrong places ...kthulhu wrote:From what I know of Buddhism, it's just as much an opiate of the masses as any other religion. Your current situation is the fault of a previous life, for instance, and if you do well in this one, your next one will be even better.Propyro wrote:Ture, though i think buddhism is one of the better mainstream religions if you must follow one... but thats probably because i have a fairly limited knowledge of it.kthulhu wrote:Eh, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism - all organized belief systems are bullshit, in my opinion. Believe what you want, but keep it to yourself, and hopefully arrive at what you believe without other people telling you.
is that suppsoed to be a bad thing? We wouldn't be in xactaly the same place, but we'd still be relitivly close ... with out religion to seperate us we'd still find other pety differences to fight about ... belive me ... we'd find them ... that or we'd fabricate them.Roke wrote:I'm not saying anything towards or against what anything is said here, but this:
You must admit, if mainstream religion never existed, we really wouldn't be where we are today.
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