QUOTE(randyhow @ Aug 14 2010, 08:53 PM)
Huh? what make u say on the bolded? To suspend belief? where u learn Buddhism from ? Journey to the West? Monkey God? or TVB drama?
In which part u are comparing between Buddhism and Christianity on the right or wrong? some concept in both maybe in contradiction but some are compatible... u can't just generally said which is wrong or which is right..
At first, I learn my Buddhism from books written from well known monk about how to live the Buddha's way.
Then I read from Sutra that being translated to English.
To believe in rebirth, all seeing Buddha, multiple realm etc is to suspend belief.
QUOTE(dreamer101 @ Aug 14 2010, 08:55 PM)
gogo2,
You disagreed with one type of Buddhism, But, that is NOT the only kind of Buddhism. Buddhism is not like those Abrahamic religion where there is ONLY one way.
Buddhism do not believe that you have to believe in Buddhism in order to reach enlightenment either.
There are Buddhism that believe re-incarnation and all those supernatural stuff are necessary. And, there are those like Zen Buddhism that could not care for this.
<<somehow saying buddhism is teaching is misleading>>
Honey to someone is poison to others. If this does not work for you, do something else.
Fundamentally, Buddhism believe that all the answers are WITHING us. We do not have to look outside to get it. Now, how do you reach enlightenment, there are many ways. Pick the one that works for you.
Dreamer
The fundamental things about answer is within us and all sorts of logical nice to hear things for us who think deeply really
concerns me. Why this thing concerns me?Its because I believe these words only touching the surface of Buddhism.Its very misleading.
In the end, whatever type of Buddhism u go, there's element of suspended belief.
QUOTE(randyhow @ Aug 14 2010, 09:31 PM)
there's nothing wrong with Buddhism being as a creation of human.. Newton's law too a creation of human, it's not totally accurate but still been using till today..
Did I say anything wrong? LOL... I'm just trying to score a point that religion are human made. Any supernatural stuff like rebirth, multiple realm etc
is just created during that time because people that time are more incline to belief such things.
Now who want to belief such stuff? ONly religionist will belief.For me, as atheist, its all in the mind. You mind have trick you to belief
all this supernatural things is real...