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Buddhism is beyond critisism because it is undefinable, a lot like god. |
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Tsukasa posted this article on Buddhism earlier http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/ind...=post&id=12039
that goes into some detail about its non-dogmatic stance..... and some rough and ready stats on cultural christianity....72% identify themselves as such but 55% of people don't believe in a higher being.....
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"Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks." |
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"Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks." |
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i know you are but what am i
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"Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks." |
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holy? There is nothing holy about yet another chimapanzee talking out of his ass
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Get a room, you two.
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"Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks." |
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Personally, I feel this thread went haywire by the second page, and wasn't going to bother replying any more. However, I see Yrreg has been talking about me, so felt I had to respond.
Huh? I did read all your posts both on this board and IIDB. You should know, I quoted your IIDB posts several times. My banned what? What on earth are you talking about? You think you made me change it? I changed it just because I felt like a new one. I think I'll change it back, just to spite you I don't see how that's related to anything, but okay. You're still making up stuff about me, I see. I'm no less a Buddhist today than I was when you first arrived here. Heh. A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. Why does it matter what I call myself? It doesn't change one bit what I believe. You've made the claim that Buddha's teaching predates him many times, but have so far never provided any evidence, although you've been asked to do so many times. Will you do so now? My last and only request in this thread is that Yrreg stop making up stuff about me. It's called lying, and I don't like it. |
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You missed my entire point. Allow me to repeat myself. When I post I read the posts in the order they are posted and respond to them that way. David posted that several posts after I responded. Even if I responded after he posted it, I didn't actually see it until I got to it. In that instance it was before he had claimed it was a form of dyslexia post wise and he was claiming his lack of ability to spell was due to the English language.
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Except I question whether even HE comprehends his own posts.
That's what I've been saying. That "give the most meaning" to Buddhism? How subjective is that? Says who? "Most people"? Elaborate. Let's break it down into simple parts..
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Good. Quote exactly where I stated, clearly and without you jumping to conclusions, that I fantasized about raping and torturing other people.
I know what fetishes I do and do not have. As do some members on this forum, which I trusted with that information; the same ones that laughed in your face. Your leaping to conclusions and bringing it up on a thread about Buddhism is amusing. Oh, and just in case anyone here actually cares, the thread is here: http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=77708 |
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No. You've always been weaselly about your 'fantasies' however you clearly implied you had fantasies about rape and torture.
So stop lying. No one laughed in my face. You're the one who started with the off subject personal accusations. Now you criticize me for attacking your sick fantasies?
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Your link only links to the thread in general. I already linked it; but it doesn't matter in the end.
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So tell me, Dustin, since you obviously know what my fetishes are: Be specific. Who is the victim, usually, in my fantasies? What is the preferred method of... whatever it is you think? Is the other male or female? You know so much; I'm curious my own self what my fantasies are.
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The post you claimed I was responding was outside of this thread, into a thread all on its own, and was TOTALLY out of the blue. No, wait. ![]() Tu quoque: A fallacy of battling egos. How the hell do you walk with a bloated ego like your own? "LOL YOU HAVE FANTASIES I WIN LOL!" Man. You lost, fully and completely. |
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"Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks." |
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Also, apparently, bring up his own delusions of other people's fantasies up, at random, for no reason, in threads they don't belong.
Maybe next he'll talk about how Lonewulf sounds like a black name, and thus, because I am most likely black (because he's almost never wrong), go onto a rant about how us blacks are all prone to violence. |
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You edited after I posted.
Sure it was. See my signature. Maybe you mean some nobodies on hundreds or thousands of miles away sniggered at their computer because in their feeble understanding they thought something I said was amusing, However no one "laughed in my face". Ah, So insulting and off topic posts that refer to posts in this thread are OK but insulting and off topic posts that refer to posts in another thread aren't? ![]() What have I lost? The only thing I've lost is my valuable time due to arguing over the internet with some 16 year old kid who has fantasies about torturing and raping people. |
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You call that "specific"?
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http://www.dyslexia.com/qasymptoms.htm#d981130 In the second part of his post I said "I can spell English just fine though. Why can I and you can't?" because he was making up excuses SEPARATE from the dyslexia which involved the inherent traits of the English language. |
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Ah yes. When you lose you resort to insults. The Buddha tells me that this conversation will end poorly.
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Hm, assuming more and more things about people without proper evidence, Dustin Kesselberg?
C'mon, guess my fetish along with my religion and disorder !
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He does that often.
But he's almost always right. He told me himself! Right after he "put" me in my "place" (yes, he actually said that once). And then went off to argue with a bunch of "nobodies on hundreds or thousands of miles away". I think some sneering and condescension was involved, I'm not sure. |
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Didn't answer the question.
Already have. "Auto-erotic asphyxiation" might be both painful and pleasurable (I wouldn't know) and might be a single example of how "Pain" doesn't necessarily lead to "Suffering" however again, this is a single example and is totally off topic from my initial criticism of the Buddhists claim that "Suffering"(all suffering) is caused by desire or urge. |
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My daughter has auditory dyslexia and her spelling is terrible. Mostly not even close enough to use a spell check program. It hinges on the fact that she cannot hear the subtleties of speech and if she cannot hear the sound she does not know which letter should be put in when spelling the word. In my daughter's case it is a direct result of her auditory dyslexia.
Her's is thought to have been caused by the constant upper respitory and inner ear infections she suffered as a child. |
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." (Mark Twain) |
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ah, the shifting shifting sands.....
first you deny posting derogatory comments after david had told you he had dyslexia then you say, well, yes your post was made after he'd told you, but you hadn't read his comments now your saying that yes, actually he did tell you about having dyslexia - but you chose not to believe him.
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If there is one thing worse than an ignoramus it is a willful ignoramus with a bloated ego. You seem so intent on quibling about every tiny aspect that you are blind to the larger picture. You can't see the forest for the trees. Holding a conversation with you is like banging my head against a wall. The wall doesn't move and all I've succeeded in doing is wasting my time.
So I will once again bring to your attention "Buddhism Without Belief" and "Buddhism for the Modern Skeptic". If you ever have the desire to educate yourself and correct your novice misunderstandings, then study beyond mere Wiki pages. However, I am not worming out of being proven wrong, as you have done many times. To correct you, here is the writting of Thich Nhat Hanh in "The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching":
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Tsukasa Buddha, Unless you respond to my actual post addressing every point, I won't respond to yours.
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So now you will ignore information because you don't like the format? Great.
1. The primary teachings of the Buddha consist of the four truths. These set the purpose of Buddhism and the methodology of Buddhism. These are the fundamentals that link all forms of Buddhism and are the most similarly interpreted. 2. If you haven't read what I gave you a link to, then you refuse to properly educate yourself. You choose to remain in ignorance. If you want to attempt to refute Buddhism before even comprehending it, be my guest. But to do so is an exercise in futility. 3. The second truth is the cause of suffering. That all suffering is caused by craving is a common misunderstanding. |
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My god...
Dustin, as always, you show yourself to be an ignorant bigot and are not worth replying to anymore. And for the record, I laughed quite a lot when you claimed Lonewulf to have "rape fantasies". Also when you proclaimed victory because of it. Ad hom much? ![]() Onemind, your arguments against "mainstream" Buddhism may be correct, but not all Buddhists believe those things. Yrreg, go away. Also, I am unsure what you mean by "Sapienti pauca". I was under the impression it was a musical term. Also, I never claimed it was originally metaphorical, only that it can be interpreted as such. |
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Die Dulce Fruere "Whereof one cannot speak, Thereof one must be silent." BUILDS YOUR ROOFS OF DEAD WOOD. BUILDS YOUR WALLS OF DEAD STONE. BUILDS YOUR DREAMS OF DEAD THOUGHTS. COMES CRYING LAUGHING SINGING BACK TO LIFE, TAKES WHAT YOU STEAL, AND PULLS THE SKINS FROM YOUR DEAD BONES SHRIEKING. -- Clay tablet in an abandoned Trickster temple. |
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It's a figure of speech.
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Die Dulce Fruere "Whereof one cannot speak, Thereof one must be silent." BUILDS YOUR ROOFS OF DEAD WOOD. BUILDS YOUR WALLS OF DEAD STONE. BUILDS YOUR DREAMS OF DEAD THOUGHTS. COMES CRYING LAUGHING SINGING BACK TO LIFE, TAKES WHAT YOU STEAL, AND PULLS THE SKINS FROM YOUR DEAD BONES SHRIEKING. -- Clay tablet in an abandoned Trickster temple. |
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