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bodhi and sattva as individual words both predate Sidartha Gautama.

Isn't Buddhism nastika?

neither what do you mean? hindu belief systems are certainly related by more then only geographical region. where? I don't think it would be considered part of Hinduism, technically, because it rejects the vedas, and is in fact quite bigoted towards them. Belief systems which reject the...

why is this a problem?

bingo

Black holes result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star, forming a very compact mass (neutron star) which causes a deformation of spacetime. The Big Bang is the most supported theory for the origin of the universe. There are several scenarios which can answer your question and the...

Nobody knows yet, but one possibility is that they are eternal. It existed in a singularity, and this could have been caused by a black hole sucking in space-time and matter. So in other words before it existed in its dormant, potential state it existed the way it does now, and the current...

Everything, as in the whole universe? The universe in its current state most likely began with the big bang. The universe in a dormant, potential state rapidly expanded. It wasn't literally a big bang or explosion, since there was no space for anything to explode into. Space, time and matter...

duh. Tell me what they are

evolution doesn't deal with the origin of life, thats abiogenesis. Evolution started with the first singe celled organisms.

what are they

And even if we're looking at the truth when we study history its still mythology.

what does evolution have to do with something coming out of nothing?

Why does the death of an innocent animal cover the debt of sin for humans?

why does an animal being killed atone for sin? it says in the article that the reason is because the animal did nothing wrong. That doesn't make sense to me. What does killing an innocent animal accomplish?

whats with all the cringe worthy jokes in here by the way?

is that really insulting christianity?

I'm here because I enjoy reading the debates and everybody's points of view. I'm fascinated by what people believe in, epistemology, ontology, philosophy, theology, anthropology. I want to keep up to date with all different ways of thinking, I want to be continually challenged and I like reading...

why and how did animal sacrifice atone for sin in the old testament times?

yeh, amazing how people defend their beliefs and persist with their opinions and don't just renounce them as soon as someone with a different belief or opinion comes along. I haven't read them and I'm not talking to him.