Happy Easter!
April 2nd, 2018 at 1:55:28 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Ever listen to a Xtion? All they talk about is themselves. Me, I, mine, myself, it's all about them. What can the religion and Jesus do for me today. He can find me a parking space, heal somebody because I asked him to, send me to heaven because I deserve it, make all the lights green, bless my food before I eat, and generally make MY MY MY life great. It's an ego centered ME religion. Your problem is, you can't separate the religion from the people who actually practice it. You think because the bylaws say the religion is unselfish, that means it actually is. I never saw so many selfish, self centered, self worshiping people as I did when I hung out with Xtions. It's quite disturbing how into themselves they all are. Buddhism is about destroying yourself? Again, you're total ignorance about the religion is showing. Buddhism is about affirming life and accepting it for what it is, not pretending it's something it's not, which Xtions do every day. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 2nd, 2018 at 2:21:20 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I'd be happy to administer the test. EB, do you accept the challenge? Needless to say, searching will be strictly not allowed. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
April 2nd, 2018 at 2:26:02 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Bob, you are talking to a Christian now. Have I ever said such things? It sounds like you are talking to people that worship a divine vending machine and that is no Christian idea of God. I also don't know of any Christian who would think they deserve Heaven. I do think every Christian I know believes that God loves us all regardless of anything and doesn't love any Christian more than any one else. It is really other and God centered, but Christianity does have a very positive view of self as well. What I meant about destroying yourself is probably better put as forgetting yourself. Eliminating your passions and desires so as to free yourself from suffering and to cease to exist as an individual. That doesn't seem like affirming or accepting life does it? It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. ( |
April 2nd, 2018 at 2:48:32 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Why? Cheating would be a breeze, what would be the point of it. FrG makes constant comments about Buddhism that shows how clueless he is. Now he wants to show he's really a Buddhism expert? A day late and a dollar short when you've already shown abysmal ignorance on the subject for years. I was studying Buddhism before he was born. I started listening to Alan Watts in 1970, read The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery, and other classics in the early 70's. I read Zen Flesh Zen Bones about 2 dozen times over a 3 year period and in the 80's all I played on my car stereo was Alan Watts tapes. I have a 3' long space on my book shelf that's totally devoted to the Eastern religions. I even practiced the I Ching for awhile. The reason I hold Xtionity is such low regard is that it ruins lives, especially Catholicism. I could give details of people I personally know, but FrG would just pooh pooh it, like he always does. They didn't have good enough teachers, their priests and nuns were lacking, he has endless excuses as to why his religion fails so many people. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 2nd, 2018 at 2:55:12 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
That's how Xtions talk, don't you ever listen to your own followers? I've heard them all my life. You confuse what you've been taught the religion should be, and what it actually is. You're the Yugo dealer in 1972 who hears constant complaints about what a crappy car he sells, and his response is 'They always look and run great when they leave my lot." He doesn't get that what he's selling is not what it really is. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 2nd, 2018 at 2:59:51 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Haven't you heard of the honor system? I can say with a straight face that I've never cheated in a game in my life, even as a kid. The closest I came is one time in the foreign language club in junior high we were playing French monopoly in teams and I saw my teammate steal a few $500 bills from the bank when the other team wasn't looking. I've felt guilty about not saying anything ever since. How many years in purgatory do I get for that, FrG? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
April 2nd, 2018 at 3:17:58 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1504 | Va au diable. Allez directement à l'enfer. Ne passez pas. Ne pas recueillir 200 $;o) |
April 2nd, 2018 at 3:22:44 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
That is a venial sin if I've ever heard one and zero time in Purgatory. It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. ( |
April 2nd, 2018 at 3:25:41 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I don't trust anybody. Trust but verify, wasn't that Reagan's motto? If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 2nd, 2018 at 3:28:45 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
That is a powerful analogy and one that I have to admit hits home and scares me. I have seen countless examples of the faith well lived and leading to glorious lives and families that overcome great difficulties and sorrows as well as sharing in super blessings and successes. I have also seen men and women who I thought very faithful and living good lives who have it all come apart because of some hidden sin or moral failing. I've always wondered how it was possible to live so close to God and yet hold onto this dark side of their lives. The example of pedophile priests come to mind. Is it something wrong with what I am selling? However, I will say that every great failure I have seen in regards to good people losing their faith or letting the sorrows of life overwhelm them has the element of some hidden fault or trouble that they held onto and even tried to hid from God. It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. ( |