Originally posted by Shakyamunison
But I'm a Buddhist.
There are Christian Buddhists 🙂 Buddhism is actually very open to religions coexisting with it as it is more a way of being then relying on an omnipotent being to explain existence. Unless its like Mahayana Buddhism which considers the Bodhisattva as gods.
Originally posted by RaventheOnly
There are Christian Buddhists 🙂 Buddhism is actually very open to religions coexisting with it as it is more a way of being then relying on an omnipotent being to explain existence. Unless its like Mahayana Buddhism which considers the Bodhisattva as gods.
In Nichiren Buddhism everyone is welcome.
Originally posted by Dramatic Gecko
If God was a woman and made the universe she wouldn't of left her saucepan in the stars.
LOL O…k…a…y…
I would personal never assign a sex onto God, but if I had to, I would say female.
Spiritual beings are neither male nor female. The Hebrew names referring to God are all masculine nouns, hence why the the Bible refers to Him as male. Angels have no sex and the Bible says redeemed humans are not identified by sex in Heaven. Sex is only assigned to mortal beings for the purpose of pro-creation.
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Spiritual beings are neither male nor female. The Hebrew names referring to God are all masculine nouns, hence why the the Bible refers to Him as male. Angels have no sex and the Bible says redeemed humans are not identified by sex in Heaven. Sex is only assigned to mortal beings for the purpose of pro-creation.
I don't want to go to the afterlife anymore.
Originally posted by Dramatic Gecko
God's obsession with size cancels the theory of it being feminie. I always imagine a bearded man anyway.
Are you talking about something in the bible? I didn't know God had an obsession with size.
God is not a sex. Saying God is a male or female is a personification, and personifications are not real. They are a way to envision something. God the father or God the mother is just a way to describe a relationship. I don't think it is ever meant to be taken literally.
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
You have no choice lol. We all die. I assure you it will be better than you think. Having sex will not be hotwired into our subconscience, so you wouldn't miss it lol.
I believe we just return here. In my belief, both heaven and hell (and 8 other worlds) are states of mind in this life.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I believe we just return here. In my belief, both heaven and hell (and 8 other worlds) are states of mind in this life.
That's cool. What 8 worlds are you referring to?
What is your belief for the future when Earth is no longer habitable or no longer here? In essence, how does reincarnation work in those scenarios. I haven't studied Buddhism at length, so just curious.
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
That's cool. What 8 worlds are you referring to?
The ten worlds:
http://www.sgi.org/buddhism/buddhist-concepts/ten-worlds.html
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
What is your belief for the future when Earth is no longer habitable or no longer here? In essence, how does reincarnation work in those scenarios. I haven't studied Buddhism at length, so just curious.
I am not a Buddhist teacher, so I can only tell you what I believe.
All phenomena have the same experience of birth, life and death. There will come a time when we will no longer reincarnate. At that time we will no longer experience birth, life and death. In Buddhist text this is called Extinction of the Dharma. However, the Suitra says that after a very long time we will return. Not as we are now, but as something different. It is a cycle that is forever repeated.