tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116234.post5727882763157136101..comments2023-04-02T05:53:11.429-05:00Comments on Buddhist [from] Nebraska: GodMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336284049302046478noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116234.post-48734314149279848412007-03-28T10:33:00.000-05:002007-03-28T10:33:00.000-05:00Greenfrog, you echo my own thoughts on the subject...Greenfrog, you echo my own thoughts on the subject, but much more eloquently. I have long since decided that whether God exists or not is something of a moot point to the here and now. If one could prove to me beyond a shadow a doubt that God existed, it would not change my behavior. It would not alter what I believe to be right and good. And I agree - existence is remarkable ok.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489993418924786293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116234.post-81715162474377282952007-03-27T21:51:00.000-05:002007-03-27T21:51:00.000-05:00The greatest value I have received from Buddhist i...The greatest value I have received from Buddhist instruction is to experiment and observe the results. IMO, any conception of God (let alone any religion, which I tend to think of as a set of after-the-fact explanations intended to conceptualize interesting experiences) that is not subject to exactly the same experiential testing is delusion.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure whether my experience is consistent with the Buddha's agnosticim about God or whether it's more akin to Patanjali's insistence that there is an experience that is usefully labeled "the divine" (or "the Lord," depending on the translation of the Yoga Sutras). I doubt I've explored with sufficient attention and precision to know the answer. <BR/><BR/>But I find existence remarkably ok, just as it is, whether that includes something usefully labelled as "God," or not.greenfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646826003797658563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116234.post-601458717130740652007-03-25T11:55:00.000-05:002007-03-25T11:55:00.000-05:00You got me thinking. My own atheism started when I...You got me thinking.<BR/> <BR/>My own atheism started when I was about seven. Since then I haven't believed in anything supernatural. I have often wondered how a fellow atheist can believe in apparently contrary things like reincarnation and hungry ghosts in the afterlife. A lot of my friends do believe in those things, and it is a great comfort to them to know that they will someday see their lost loved ones. Sometimes I envy them.<BR/><BR/>Things I believe in:<BR/> Joy<BR/> Friends<BR/> Family<BR/> Making a positive impact on others lives.<BR/> When you die, you aren't entirely gone. You leave behind a legacy of those who loved you. You will have made a difference in their lives. As long as they remember you, you won't be truly gone even if you are dead.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892458916703287040noreply@blogger.com