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Emma Peel
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| | | Re: What is your religion? < Reply # 32 on 10/15/2005 12:43 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by L. Fancy Raised Christian. Now I'm a Buddhist but I've often been told that I'm a better Christian than most Christians.
| Of course you are. Except for the whole ... Christ thing ;) I'm Buddhist. BTW, for most people, Buddhism itself is regarded more as a spirituality than a religion. The reason for that is because in the United States and now in most of the rest of the world, the word "religion" refers directly to SOME sort of creator god. However, there is a fairly newer clause in dictionaries, usually, that refers to "religion" itself as a living spiritually in the ways which are taught by a spiritual leader. Buddha definitely is a spiritual leader, but by no means a god. Just in case anybody needed clearing up. Oh, and only a few Buddhists believe in a god. Most Buddhist denominations do not believe in a god altogether (though lay Buddhists are encouraged to believe in what makes them happy), some still do). Me, for instance -- I believe in a very different sort of "god" than any other religion teaches. It is what I have come to believe and conclude from my latest stint on Earth. http://www.buddhanet.net/ if anyone is interested, is awesome. Love, Em
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| KublaKhan
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Total Likes: 207 likes
With Satan, it's always gimmie, gimmie.
| | | Re: What is your religion? < Reply # 33 on 10/15/2005 2:01 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Emma Peel
Of course you are. Except for the whole ... Christ thing ;) I'm Buddhist. BTW, for most people, Buddhism itself is regarded more as a spirituality than a religion. The reason for that is because in the United States and now in most of the rest of the world, the word "religion" refers directly to SOME sort of creator god. However, there is a fairly newer clause in dictionaries, usually, that refers to "religion" itself as a living spiritually in the ways which are taught by a spiritual leader. Buddha definitely is a spiritual leader, but by no means a god. Just in case anybody needed clearing up. Oh, and only a few Buddhists believe in a god. Most Buddhist denominations do not believe in a god altogether (though lay Buddhists are encouraged to believe in what makes them happy), some still do). Me, for instance -- I believe in a very different sort of "god" than any other religion teaches. It is what I have come to believe and conclude from my latest stint on Earth. http://www.buddhanet.net/ if anyone is interested, is awesome. Love, Em
| You should change your name to Om.
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| metalwitch40
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| | | Re: What is your religion? < Reply # 35 on 11/6/2005 11:00 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Emma Peel
I'm Buddhist. BTW, for most people, Buddhism itself is regarded more as a spirituality than a religion. The reason for that is because in the United States and now in most of the rest of the world, the word "religion" refers directly to SOME sort of creator god. However, there is a fairly newer clause in dictionaries, usually, that refers to "religion" itself as a living spiritually in the ways which are taught by a spiritual leader. Buddha definitely is a spiritual leader, but by no means a god. Just in case anybody needed clearing up. Oh, and only a few Buddhists believe in a god. Most Buddhist denominations do not believe in a god altogether (though lay Buddhists are encouraged to believe in what makes them happy), some still do). Me, for instance -- I believe in a very different sort of "god" than any other religion teaches. It is what I have come to believe and conclude from my latest stint on Earth. http://www.buddhanet.net/ if anyone is interested, is awesome. Love, Em
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