Intelligent? Design
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although I believe Jesus dealt with very real things. Murder, stealing, adultery to name a few ... I think are all rooted in human experience. Just turn on the news. Everything in Christianity is actually about salvation through knowing Christ. I only know (or think i know) the basics of Buddhism. What are some specifics real things that Buddha dealt with?
turnerworks
(Jan 3 06, 11:07)
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TW, I'm not saying that Jesus didn't deal with real things..I'm saying that the concept of Sin isn't really based on anything in the really real world - it;'s based on a spiritual distance from a godhead. And that's dangerous stuff..and can be used for lots of bad things - I believe that the same energies that created Jesus created Hitler. Which is a spiritual need or gap that needs to be bridged or stuffed - and Sin in my understanding is actions that seperate us from the godhead. Does homosexuality seperate us form God? Beats me, I don't know...but lots of fundamentalist christians believe it does, and i think they're reaction to it is worse than what they claim to be against.The idea of suffering, in Buddhism - and the elimination of it as the highest spiritual state - is far simpler and less prone to abuse. We can work to eliminate suffering, reagrdless of belief or faith, in a fellow human being, eliminating Sin is all based on what you believe causes the Sin in the first place...