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KeNGZ
post Sep 10 2010, 12:22 AM

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erm might be frank but I,
have quite different kind, or 'deviated' religion,
or should I say, trust my own version of God?

I'm a chinese and a Buddhist.
however I see Buddhism as a philosophy and ways of life, and also rules of nature.
I myself, study science, and trust Science and logic to full extent,
that i distrust any occurrence or teachings in any religion that defies it.

Stephen Hawking had recently claimed that God has no place in the creation of this universe, which many should have already realized.
I understand his claim and of course support him.
to many it seemed frank that as is Hawking is trying to erase the idea of God from everyone, and wanted human to trust just physical laws that governs the universe.

However I still trust in God.
but it has long been a different kind of God.
unlike the one [that human worships, pray for His mercy and blessing, possess divine power, creator of this world and human, represents the highest power in the universe, is somewhat figurative, just like any typical God or goddess such as those in chinese religion, or egyptian God, Shindo God, rain God and etc.] I would not call those believing 'crap' of untrue or of no significance because I understand every human has the right to practice their believing and religion.

the idea of God, or religion, perhaps was developed by human themselves as a way of explaining and interact with the surroundings, or to seek explanation to certain occurrence.
but when science advanced, we see people nowadays are turning into atheist.
perhaps Science is a new kind of religion, the one we believe right now.
mankind had developed the idea of God as something to rely and hope for while facing desperation, or fantasize for some miracle.

i trust different kind of God,
and I'd redefined the phrase 'God'.
to me, It has no figure,
has no human characteristic or mind,
he is, law of Physics that governs our physical world.
the power that somewhat determined and wrote the law of sciences and maths, and logic.
He is the Nature.
and God is just an alternate name for the combination of the ideologies that is so success that entire mankind believes them, that we call science, maths and logic.(and many other things such as human philosophy etc.)
it's my religion.

hope I did not offended anyone, I was just expressing my ideology without the intention to cause any discomfort or offense.
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KeNGZ
post Sep 10 2010, 05:59 PM

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QUOTE(SpikeMarlene @ Sep 10 2010, 06:47 PM)
Buddhism is a religion because there are supoernatural elements that require your blind faith.

How would you then called yourself as a buddhist? In buddhism there is the universal law of karma that leads to endless rebirth in different realms of existences. The god you seem to decribe is a pantheist god?
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oops my bad then, I shd have said 'I was', cuz these ideas weren't developed in me until recent years

what is a pantheist god by the way?
i don't know much bout these, perhaps i don't know much about buddhism though XD

 

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