Sunday School

@robert – “Sometimes competition turns to cruelty. I reserve my use of the word evil for that case.”

– I would define it as “destructive power and control”.

As I understand it, an enlightened person doesn’t generate negative karma: they don’t do unnecessarily harmful things.  So by definition, an evil person can’t be enlightened.

Reg, Rudy and Donald don’t want to be where they are: in hot water. They want to be somewhere else and lies take them there.

Recognizing truth is the vital step toward moving forward because it tells us where we are.

If only Rudy Giuliani understood that 🙂

Can an enlightened person turn to evil

The term “Evil” is not well defined and has religious connotations. For Christians, Satan in the embodiment of evil. It is childish.

There IS however entropy, parasites and competition which all living things must deal with. Entropy always wins in the end….Aging, natural disasters, the need for air, food…[Read more]

I’ve got all the time in the world for Sarah Haider.  I find that Muslim intellectuals (as in true intellectuals, not “hysterical” conservatives) really seem to know where it’s at.  Nonsense, like we see on the current Left, is a luxury they can’t afford.

Recognizing truth is the vital step toward moving forward because it tells us where we a…

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“Is religion a “universal” in human culture or an academic invention?”

– I think his theory is an academic invention, since every society has or has previously had religion.

“Having doubts about Buddhism could lead to enlightenment?”

And Buddhism is arguably anti-scientific, or anti-intellectual, in that it avoids wrestling with big “why” questions. … Why is life so unfair and painful?

I’m pretty sure that’s not true.  I’m no expert, but I know that Buddhism supplies several reasons for suffering, including “the…[Read more]

Your welcome Strega, thanks.

Thanks, Reg!

As an adored ordained Pastafarian Minister in the FSM (with a card and certificate to prove it), I would suggest eating a little pasta once a week. (Does not have to be a Sunday). His Noodliness approves of all types of noodles but has a preference for Ramen noodles. We actively encourage blasphemy as nobody’s beliefs have rights. So as Batman…[Read more]

I would join the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but I’m watching my carb intake. I assume Zucchini noodles with pesto would be blasphemy.

After a long week of hearing Catholics in the media prattling on about the papal visit to Ireland you might be glad to know I more than halved the number of articles I was going to include about them this week :-).  Denial is not just a big river in Africa!

Anyway – Have a great week everyone!!

Everyone is always asking me to believe in…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!

Yes, they all seem the same to me too, which adds to my voting choice difficulties.

JadeBlackOlive wrote:

I find it difficult to vote for any candidate as I don’t usually like any of them

It is actually astonishing how similar the platforms are between the five major parties. Even the difference between the Conservatives and the Greens is utterly tiny compared to the difference between the Democrats and Republicans in the US. A…[Read more]

Davis wrote:

JadeBlackOlive wrote:

We hear a lot here in Canada, but not much of anything from others.

I have a little more respect for Trudeau. Obviously he faces a lot of pressure over the backlash from Saudi Arabia (usually from business lobbyists and friends with interests in the gulf). I was very disappointing to see Trudeau utterly fail on…

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JadeBlackOlive wrote:

We hear a lot here in Canada, but not much of anything from others.

I have a little more respect for Trudeau. Obviously he faces a lot of pressure over the backlash from Saudi Arabia (usually from business lobbyists and friends with interests in the gulf). I was very disappointing to see Trudeau utterly fail on an important…[Read more]

I LOVE that list of not so good reasons to be an atheist. I love number 4 (never quite though of it in that way before). However I think the last one should be a little better qualified “it’s cool to be an atheists”. It’s a little difficult to suddenly lack a belief because other people lack that belief. I mean…the belief is usually there or its…[Read more]

The pope and homophobia. I have to say, the pope often does things that surprise me. He tends to take an enormous leap by adopting humanist principles (and when I say humanist…I mean humanist…not some new found Christian interpretation). I think…hey, he’s not so bad. It’s great that he did this! Less pointlessly murdered citizens by the…[Read more]