The real question.

Who the eff is "they?"

the selfish gene theory of evolutionary biology is pretty impressive

not to mention fathering the field of memetics 🙂

I'd say the brights was going a bit far though, that was a terrible idea

Originally posted by Alliance
Of what?

Originally posted by Boris
Examples of Dawkins bastardizing science, examples of him trying to detriment the credibility of science, examples of his faulty logic... you know, examples.

he is just picking a fight with the very people who could potentially destroy the scientific foundations in America (ie, the West)

Even mainstream religious people are weary of science, if they feel like their core beliefs are being attacked by prominent figures in the scientific community, it can lead them to support more radical restrictions on science, which we have already seen.

Originally posted by Alliance
Who the eff is "they?"

"They" are the men who created the religion. Modern religion is the result of a lot of observation. Thousands of years worth, for that matter.

Why is there such determination to disprove religion ?

Just dont shove your religion down my throat, and ill be fine

Originally posted by Goddess Kali
Why is there such determination to disprove religion?

It is incorrect, and what is incorrect should not be taught nor believed.

Originally posted by Boris
It is incorrect, and what is incorrect should not be taught nor believed.

Why not ? I am Buddhist, should I not be Buddhist ?

Originally posted by Boris
It is incorrect, and what is incorrect should not be taught nor believed.

But not all religions are incorrect.

Well, most are.

Originally posted by Goddess Kali
Why not ? I am Buddhist, should I not be Buddhist ?

Well, why are you a Buddhist? What does being a Buddhist do for you that having no religion at all couldnt do?

Originally posted by Boris
Well, most are.

So, your statement is incorrect. Therefore, we sould not believe you, or should we?

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
But not all religions are incorrect.

Well, the number of religions that are correct is 1

Originally posted by Boris
Well, why are you a Buddhist? What does being a Buddhist do for you that having no religion at all couldnt do?

I am glad you asked:

Buddhism has changed my outlook on life, passions, and people. Although I am not in 100% agreeance with all the teachings of the Buddha, I am in agreeance with most of it.

1) Buddhism aims at overcoming Human Suffering. It teaches us to set ourself free from desires, passions, and conditions that cause us pain. It teaches us that our we are the source of our own happiness, and that we alone are responsble for our own lives and health, not any God or any other person.

It also teaches us to become our own refuge, and not to look for it in anyone else...for no one else has our happiness in thier hands.

2) Buddhism teaches us that we should place compassion and love above all....over come anger, overcome jealousy, and overcome lust for desires which will only cause us pain.

I had a lot of pain in my life..i still have, but i am able to look at it objectively now.

3) The beleif that all Life is One, that everything that dies is reborn, and the possibility that you may live any lives with a new family, or in a new world, or in entirely new circumstances...it sort of forces me to appreciate what i would not appreciate otherwise.

If rebirth is true, and if i will have new families, and new lovers, and new unions in every life time, then it forces me to see other people and animals as my family, not as outsiders.

Buddhism, in my opinion, is the only relgiion which ACTUALLY promotes unity....no other religion does so.

That is a simplified version of my reasoning.

Originally posted by Goddess Kali
3) The beleif that all Life is One, that everything that dies is reborn, and the possibility that you may live any lives with a new family, or in a new world, or in entirely new circumstances...it sort of forces me to appreciate what i would not appreciate otherwise.

Here we go, this is incorrect, when you die, you die.

Thats it, no more.

Originally posted by Boris
Here we go, this is incorrect, when you die, you die.

Thats it, no more.

How do you know ?

Have you died before ?

Hahha please.

The concept of an afterlife is too insane to even talk about.

Originally posted by Boris
Hahha please.

The concept of an afterlife is too insane to even talk about.

You didn't answer my question.

How do you know death is the final ? how do you know there is no existance after death ?

Originally posted by Boris
Here we go, this is incorrect, when you die, you die.

Thats it, no more.

You are correct. When most people talk about reincarnation, they do it in a very simplified way that is fundamentally incorrect. However, the theory of Relativity is also, fundamentally incorrect. The true nature of reality (the Mystic Law) cannot be known by humans; but let me help you with reincarnation. We are all connected like waves on the ocean you cannot distinguish the water in a wave from that within the ocean, it is the same water. When a wave disappears, where has it gone? Back into the ocean. Some of the water from one wave will one-day find itself back in another wave in the future. Does that help?

That can be asked to you too! How do you know there is? I think there isn't as there is no evidence throughout the entire course of human history to suggest that there is in fact an afterlife. An afterlife lessens the life we have now, make the most of it, cause once it's gone.. it's gone!