Yazdajerd said:
On what bases is your claim, are you someone who happens to know about all the three religions and all their sects?......... sorry!! I doubt you have such knowledge in these religions, no body can make such a claim.
I can and I will. I do in fact know about these three religions. Sects and specifics are of course a different matter, but I'm familiar with the core of all three, yes. I used to think they were interesting... till I read enough, that is
And my 'problem' with the big three is exactly at that very core, the 'givens,' including some things all three agree on (GASP!).
I already did give an example on Islamic sects which clearly you did not read. And to move along with your game, in what sense is "Eastern philosophy not stupid" that is if we were to claim that the statement is correct (which is totaly wrong)?
I will make sure I read it eventually, but in case you mean sufis, I do think they're pretty cool. That's the twist I guess. I'm sure many sects and whatnots have some very cool facets, I don't argue that. The core, however, is in my eyes rotten and stupid. This sounds a lot like an offense, but I wish it didn't. I assure you, for example, that I'm WAY less prejudiced against Islam than a lot of the people arguing FOR abrahamic religions. There's more I like about it than the others, and it's the only one I even consider studying further, for the details and variations still untainted by the core.
As for my defense of the east, they don't have the things I most despise about abrahamics... for example, an idiot god who desperately needs groupies. And the blatant disregard for laws like cause and effect. Again this may sound a bit harsh, please try not to take it as such. My ideas may sound a bit radical, but i'm not a radical person myself.
Basically, Eastern philosophies are more in line with wisdom, westerners like to simply submit to something they can't see because they were told to. This, to me, is one of the best examples of Pure Stupidity.
Of course, there are variations on the theme, like for example bhakti yogis... but I prefer to simply ignore them.
Here is a question to begin with: What proof has Eastern philosophy on the existance of multiple gods? What is their proof on the existance ofincarnation?
No proof, but that's the religion part, I'm defending the philosophy. The concept of reincarnation makes infinitely more sense than anything non-atheist out there, though, I must say.
At any rate, they're less about simply believing, more about finding out for yourself. It's what meditation is.
You, also, are a beleiver; hence, according to the first post on the threed, your religious thought is also condemmed of some degree of stupidity (which I beleive he is totaly mistaken about it).
May we all be shown the Truth.
Salam.
I am in fact not a believer, I'm sorry I gave you that impression. I'm not in any way asian, either, for the record. Brazillian of 100% european descent, though I wouldn't put it past some of those farther back europeans to have some arab in them, Ottoman Empire and all...
This means that by his definition of stupid, I'm not even slightly
Your signature, however, I wholeheartedly agree with!
May we all be shown the Truth.
As-Salaam-Alaikum,
Om Shanti Om.
[EDIT: I see on your profile you're from Lebanon! I love Lebanon, intuitively, but know sadly little about it... I would appreciate it if you could direct me to some reading material]