Exactly, in the beginning, there was nothing and then nothing exploded and over billllllions and billllions of years, nothing created the universe. Now that, is reality...at least for some folks.
What two states comprise the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost, and westernmost states in the U.S.?That's easy, it's the North North Pole.
Actually, Christianity was quite a small religion, even long after Jesus died. It was only after a Roman Emperor made it the official religion that it started to really grow.You're right, Christianity was ignored until it got too big to ignore.
-_- the best lies are the ones that sprinkle truth in. Although, how convenient that each apostle had flaws that could so easily be worked into parables... It's all rather formulaic. Just having flaws doesn't make a character seem real, especially if the flaws work towards a goal.The problem with this theory is that there is enough negative in the NT about the dolts who were the apostles-their desire to be treated as royalty, their doubt, their lack of faith, their foibles, that the entire thing rings true.
You admit that the 30 pieces of silver could have been added in without it being true, and yet you don't consider the same possible for the "born of a virgin" part XD XD XD.The only reason 30 pieces of silver was even mentioned in the gospel is because of the prophecy. Sure, it 'could have' been changed. What about the prophecy "A virgin shall bear a son..." That doesn't mention Israel as the subject.
First, the prophecy actually says 'young woman', not 'virgin'. Second, if you read the prophecy in context you will see that it is a warning of the imminence of the Assyrian invasion; it is not a prophecy of a miraculous birth more than 700 years in the future. Isaiah 7:10-25 is saying that a young woman is already pregnant, and before her child is old enough to know the difference between right and wrong Judah will be devastated by war, and fertile agricultural land will have reverted to thorns and briars and to pasture for sheep and cattle.What about the prophecy "A virgin shall bear a son..." That doesn't mention Israel as the subject.
Didn't someone meet him on the road and kill him?Buddha! He was the Teacher of Gods .. now he's just a mere god? :O
So it was a Zen that met him on the road and killed him?I don't practice Zen.
Okay ... a Google search showed me this guy died in 483 Before Christ of natural causes at the age of 80.You'll have to ask a Zennie.
Leaving the householder life for to become a full-time spiritual seeker - after adequately providing for the material needs of his wife and child - was not only seen as an honorable and blessed choice in his culture at his time, it still is in many Hindu & Buddhist cultures today.Okay ... a Google search showed me this guy died in 483 Before Christ of natural causes at the age of 80.
But why an offshoot of his own religion would put a contract out on him is beyond me.
I know he was a deadbeat dad, but he supposedly came back "enlightened."
Setting an example for all dads today.
Only in this Christian nation, Buddha would come back not "enlightened," but in handcuffs.
And they bought that excuse?Leaving the householder life for to become a full-time spiritual seeker -
Tell that to a child and see if that's acceptable to him.ananda said:- after adequately providing for the material needs of his wife and child -
Evidently the Zens thought otherwise.ananda said:... was not only an honorable choice in his culture at his time,
Right.ananda said:... it still is in many Hindu & Buddhist cultures today.
Sorry, but you don't see us starving to death while "sacred" cows roam the streets right in front of us.ananda said:That's a problem with Christian cultures, because modern Christianity IMO emphasizes the immediate family unit and immediate material needs, and not the support system of the extended family or such spiritual needs.
I have nothing to do with Zen or Hinduism.And they bought that excuse?
Oooookay then.
Evidently the Zens didn't.
Tell that to a child and see if that's acceptable to him.
Sorry, son, daddy's going away ... but he left you a load of money and, after all, money buys happiness.
Evidently the Zens thought otherwise.
Right.
Unless you're an Untouchable, then leaving home wouldn't be too bright, would it?
Sorry, but you don't see us starving to death while "sacred" cows roam the streets right in front of us.
Bob Evans and Colonel Sanders would be mortified!
Yes, I know.I have nothing to do with Zen or Hinduism.
He put a contract out on Jesus, did he?LOL, heard of Judas?
No, as I see it, Buddhism grew from out of the muck of the then-extant Vedic religion - not Hinduism.Yes, I know.
Buddhism is a breakaway religion, formed by ex-Hindus that were tired of being oppressed by Hindu's caste system: one of the most oppressive systems on earth.
That's why I was surprised when you brought them up.
Why then did the Hindus write the Bhagavad-Gita, if not to compel the early Buddhists to come back?No, as I see it, Buddhism grew from out of the muck of the then-extant Vedic religion - not Hinduism.
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