Forbidden Archeology

JohnEmmett said:

No, Buddhism is not a belief

Rather a practice for a result

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More like a practice with a belief in the existence of the prescribed result(?)

My username must be somewhat of a problem in Buddhism, I suppose(?)

JohnEmmett said:

temples in India are dedicated to events from millions of years ago

I think Darwin was unaware of this

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The idea of 'events from millions of years ago', is a model held in the (relatively) modern minds of those who conceive it in the present though.

JohnEmmett said:

I consider it a problem for you

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Yeah .. good (consistent) answer!

JohnEmmett said:

the accepted ideas are not necessarily right…

my initial religion was not

I came to a different conclusion, a different path

science is no different…

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Up to this point your post was going well. Then you stumbled:

people are afraid to come to a different conclusion

they just know or rather believe a thing…

which so happens is wrong

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If it's wrong, it can be shown to be wrong. This is the part you miss with every single claim you make in your threads - your claims can, and mostly have, all been shown to be wrong. Denying reality is never a winning argument.

JohnEmmett said:

you are always skeptical

you are merely skeptical

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And you are always wrong.

Looks like my skepticism beats your faith. Go me!

JohnEmmett said:

you can agree with yourself

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And you may continue to be demonstrably wrong.

my argument is fine

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You may continue to think so. But that doesn't make it so.

JohnEmmett said:

nor does skepticism make it go away

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Unfortunately you're right.

However, you need to remember that you can't make reality go away.

JohnEmmett said:

To know you are ignorant is best. Not knowing your ignorance is flaw. -Laozi

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Funny how you post these platitudes and then pretend they don't apply to you.

JohnEmmett said:

you are agnostic, hence you don't know

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But you know?
To know you are ignorant is best. Not knowing your ignorance is flaw. -Laozi

I think you missed his point.

JohnEmmett said:

you have to start with being ignorant


then you may know eventually

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Indeed. Don't forget that. Despite your protestations to the contrary you still have a long way to go.

JohnEmmett said:

worry about yourself

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Why worry about that?

At night, all cats are gray.