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vlyons

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19. You don"t have to believe in god to practice loving kindness

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 11:05 AM

Mar 2021

Belief in god is just that -- a belief, a concept. The Dalai Lama has said that his religion is very simple. It's the practice of loving kindness. If you want to believe in god, that's not a problem for me. If you want me to believe in your god, you'll be waiting a long long time for that to happen.

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Why does God condone slavery? [View all] edhopper Mar 2021 OP

The Bible was written by people. Writers/transcribers were elitists. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2021 #1

This would be a historical / atheist view edhopper Mar 2021 #4

Anthropology, Music and Religion: She Blinded Me With Science. old as dirt Mar 2022 #60

"They just viewed it as a given" brooklynite Mar 2021 #47

Theft works both ways. old as dirt Mar 2022 #61

Could it be Thunderbeast Mar 2021 #2

That would be the historical/agnostic answer edhopper Mar 2021 #7

I find no obligation to provide an explanation to meet their delusions. Thunderbeast Mar 2021 #10

Well played edhopper Mar 2021 #12

The Bible is Morality version 1.0 Shermann Mar 2021 #3

So edhopper Mar 2021 #5

There is no creator God vlyons Mar 2021 #6

Sure edhopper Mar 2021 #8

You don"t have to believe in god to practice loving kindness vlyons Mar 2021 #19

I would submit edhopper Mar 2021 #21

read Trungpa's "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" vlyons Mar 2021 #25

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. vlyons Mar 2021 #28

That is a great quote edhopper Mar 2021 #30

Theoretically, there were for stones of rules. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #9

Ah! edhopper Mar 2021 #16

"Oy!" He says, when he drops the third tablet. Cracks me up every time. EarnestPutz Mar 2021 #20

Please don't try to make sense of that novel. It will make your head explode. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #11

I was raised Southern Baptist and you'd think that would give me some insight. Girard442 Mar 2021 #13

I have had these discussions edhopper Mar 2021 #15

Try reading Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger" if you haven't already. Girard442 Mar 2021 #17

Same for me. I never bought into any of it as a child. The Bible stories seems just like Dream Girl Mar 2021 #22

I saw a werewwolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's edhopper Mar 2021 #31

Trader Vics? Pina Colada? What's that? Dream Girl Mar 2021 #33

Old enough to be edhopper Mar 2021 #34

I think some people are more attuned to spiritual presence. As I very young child I didn't find it Dream Girl Mar 2021 #35

It was a joke edhopper Mar 2021 #36

Ahh Ouuuu!! n/t DEbluedude Mar 2021 #37

What I want to know vlyons Mar 2021 #23

Those and Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 2021 #26

I remember some similar experiences in the '60's Under The Radar Mar 2021 #29

Often wondered why Mary's father didn't beat the shit out of Joseph Under The Radar Mar 2021 #27

I see your responses edhopper Mar 2021 #14

Try to see the Bible stories as allegories vlyons Mar 2021 #24

I do edhopper Mar 2021 #32

and what moral hidden meaning is one supposed to obtain Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #43

Sadly, there is no answer satisfactory to the OP, but the believer does answer... sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #18

An understanding that cannot be explain edhopper Mar 2021 #38

As a practical matter, civilization such as it was could not have existed without slavery localroger Mar 2021 #39

But as always edhopper Mar 2021 #40

We are not too far from a situation where most human labor is really unnecessary localroger Mar 2021 #41

I fear those who rule us edhopper Mar 2021 #42

oh we have already chosen the former. Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #44

Read "Answer to Job" ismnotwasm Mar 2021 #45

A 13 billion year old diety edhopper Mar 2021 #46

I think this is another form of the question Steelrolled Mar 2021 #48

I disagree edhopper Mar 2021 #49

As you say, he could have prohibited slavery Steelrolled Mar 2021 #50

intersesting fact edhopper Mar 2021 #51

'Cause the guys who wrote the book say he does. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2021 #52

Speaking of free will, one of the first stories... old as dirt Dec 2021 #53

And did she? edhopper Dec 2021 #55

I guess I see it as an exercise of Free Will. old as dirt Dec 2021 #57

Someone chooses of their own free will edhopper Dec 2021 #58

What would those two philosophy classes... old as dirt Dec 2021 #59

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