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Originally Posted by blastingas10
Not all religions are the same. Buddhists doesn't believe in a creator, yet they believe in rebirth and an after-life.
I guess you haven't realized that by being an atheist, you too believe in something that has yet to be definitively proven.
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much as I like to believe in reincarnation, i have to confess i have no memories of a past life
Buddhism in its purest form, is merely a philosophy, Buddha never proclaimed himself God, unlike Jesus
only later when the Taoists came in, only was Buddha worshipped as a God
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Originally Posted by blastingas10
You need to come down to Earth a little, Tom. All religions are illogical? What an arrogant and illogical statement. There are some religions, like Buddhism, that consist of some very deep wisdom. If more people thought like a Buddhist Monk, the world would be a better place.
And there are some pretty intriguing cases that support rebirth.
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such as?
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Originally Posted by Bane of your existence
There are highly touted theories that we can physically be in multiple places at the same time. We have no idea when our universe began or how big it is, or what's outside of it. We literally don't know anything about our physical world. But you're going to just go out on a limb here and claim that it's foolish to think that a God is possible. The only foolish thing is to claim that you know that anything does or does not exist.
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a multi-verse only really implies there are multiple versions of yourself, and yourself in another universe would be in a divergent situation, because of the paths your alternate versions chose
they are not necessarily "you"
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Originally Posted by TomClancy11
It's foolish to expect somebody to assume based on nothing.
I am here, right now. Not in two places.
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see above
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Originally Posted by TheBig3
I just want to pinch your delightful little cheeks.
So why don't you tell me some Islamic laws you don't subscribe to. And Tao and Rastafarian and Gnostic laws you think are foolish.
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Taoist, in its purest form, also, is merely a philosophy - read the "Tao Te Ching" if you don't believe me
only when some religious fuddy-duddies mixed in Indian mysticism was it a religion