Oct 25 2010, 11:07 PM
QUOTE(Awakened_Angel @ Nov 15 2009, 05:28 PM)
for your question from neutral and universal perspective point of view, I draw two conclusion
1) people tend to hope for miracle and wish that there are something larger than life that will save them, grant them wishes or even give them eternal happiness (heaven)..things out there that hold the question... who are we? why we are here? etc... they don`t care if this GOD exist or not, if you question them, they will bit their tongue and say I don`t care, I believe my god is true till the end... or some might say you mock t heir god and hit you... which this GOD don`t even say anythingto them.. everyrthing is said by priest.. or political leader... For GOD.. etc
2) or another type pf religion that deals with innerself rather than supreme being... like buddhism, atheistism, or even sciencism... which is not a religion.. but it governs what people think and see this world....
refer to my No1 example...
from your POV I do agree that from then till now, religion controls people more effectively than politic....
when leader say a thing, public might react and hold a demo or riot...
but when a priest say.. GOD had spoken to me.... and everyone listen and obey....
reflection time.....
Added on November 15, 2009, 5:30 pm
pork is chinese No1 delicacy.. and the chinese population is No1 in the world
1) people tend to hope for miracle and wish that there are something larger than life that will save them, grant them wishes or even give them eternal happiness (heaven)..things out there that hold the question... who are we? why we are here? etc... they don`t care if this GOD exist or not, if you question them, they will bit their tongue and say I don`t care, I believe my god is true till the end... or some might say you mock t heir god and hit you... which this GOD don`t even say anythingto them.. everyrthing is said by priest.. or political leader... For GOD.. etc
2) or another type pf religion that deals with innerself rather than supreme being... like buddhism, atheistism, or even sciencism... which is not a religion.. but it governs what people think and see this world....
refer to my No1 example...
from your POV I do agree that from then till now, religion controls people more effectively than politic....
when leader say a thing, public might react and hold a demo or riot...
but when a priest say.. GOD had spoken to me.... and everyone listen and obey....
reflection time.....
Added on November 15, 2009, 5:30 pm
pork is chinese No1 delicacy.. and the chinese population is No1 in the world
QUOTE(annariana @ Nov 15 2009, 05:06 PM)
I don't have a specific religion I refer to, as this is supposed to be a general philosophic topic. What I can say is that religion is all about believing in God and divinity.
Religion has been abused, yes you're right. No offense for Catholics here, I only highlighted that specific Wikipedia topic as it really amused me at some point, Catholic is so controversial on the sex abuse issue lol.
If human can work well without religion, why religion still exist then?
Added on November 15, 2009, 5:24 pm
You should. PhD is getting sleepier than ever, seriously I really want to see it as bustling as Stuff For The Ladies lol
I found your opinion very fascinating. It made me think that religion might not only serve as the base of our morale alone, it's a way of life, for some religion. Comparative religion had always been one of my favorite topic to read on. I don't know the cause of the Buddhist-no-beef issue, as nobody can really explain why Buddhism forbids beef. That's one of the weaknesses of non-revealed religion I guess.
But then I read up a lot, on why Islam forbid muslims to eat pork, as it's widely discussed on the net at some point. They often related pork with diseases - so at some point they have a scientific argument for it, and it's not a practise derived from ancient times.
This is what the muslims say - Why Can't I Eat Pork - IslamOnline
And these are the verifications I found on the net on their scientific reasons not to eat pork -
Pork Contains Worms And Causes Diseases?
Pork's Dirty Secret (er, it's on pigs' environmental issues. i found it related somehow)
No offense for pork eaters yeah, this is just something I wanted to share. Comments welcome, correct me if I'm wrong
In Buddhism, the monks and Buddhists are allowed to eat meat (even beef). Religion has been abused, yes you're right. No offense for Catholics here, I only highlighted that specific Wikipedia topic as it really amused me at some point, Catholic is so controversial on the sex abuse issue lol.
If human can work well without religion, why religion still exist then?
Added on November 15, 2009, 5:24 pm
You should. PhD is getting sleepier than ever, seriously I really want to see it as bustling as Stuff For The Ladies lol
I found your opinion very fascinating. It made me think that religion might not only serve as the base of our morale alone, it's a way of life, for some religion. Comparative religion had always been one of my favorite topic to read on. I don't know the cause of the Buddhist-no-beef issue, as nobody can really explain why Buddhism forbids beef. That's one of the weaknesses of non-revealed religion I guess.
But then I read up a lot, on why Islam forbid muslims to eat pork, as it's widely discussed on the net at some point. They often related pork with diseases - so at some point they have a scientific argument for it, and it's not a practise derived from ancient times.
This is what the muslims say - Why Can't I Eat Pork - IslamOnline
And these are the verifications I found on the net on their scientific reasons not to eat pork -
Pork Contains Worms And Causes Diseases?
Pork's Dirty Secret (er, it's on pigs' environmental issues. i found it related somehow)
No offense for pork eaters yeah, this is just something I wanted to share. Comments welcome, correct me if I'm wrong
This is the truth, the monks in the Theravada Buddhist temple eat meat.
When the Buddha was alive, he ate meat too, he didn't get to eat beef of course as he was in India, cows were/are sacred for Hindus. Almost all the people at the time followed Hinduism and he got his food offered from the people in India. How could he get to eat beef? He didn't specifically restrict his followers from eating meat or beef.
The practice of vegetarianism in Buddhism wasn't introduced or promoted by the Buddha, but the Emperor Wu of Liang in China.
People often get confused between Taoism and Buddhism. From I what heard and researched on the net, taoists are not allowed to eat beefs, as the Lord Lao Zi uses a "cow" as his transportation to travel around, and "the cow" is regarded as the lord too, so how can you eat your lord.
In my opinion, due to this confusion resulting an idea of no-beefs-for-Buddhists, which should be a wrong idea.
This post has been edited by PrettyLaidback: Oct 25 2010, 11:29 PM
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