This is like saying that calling the earth a planet pigeonholes the earth and that you're neglecting to communicate much of what the earth is about. O...
But you're not saying the same thing. When I showed that labeling something doesn't limit possibilities you switched to the issue of "truthful or accu...
Please, that's like saying that calling China – a place that I've never been to – limits China to the little that I know of it. No possibilities are l...
If you have an explanation of how calling Buddhism a religion limits possibilities it would be interesting to know. Because it's best to teach what yo...
Of course conventions are limited. They may not be necessary. The custom of 'othering', for instance, is not necessary. Showing how others do things d...
Earlier you wrote: Why is reifying the conceptual boundary between religion and philosophy apparently undesirable or wrong, whereas reifying the conce...
@"david plumb" I don’t think anyone would argue that politicians, ad agencies, think tanks, etc., don’t effectively manipulate the public. What’s uncl...
Othering (pointing out the heretics) is a common practice as old as religion itself and serves the useful function of enhancing meaning and group soli...
A long post and there are many curious things about it but I'll focus on the most glaring curiosities rather than pick it apart. No one in this topic ...
You can't know that. Maybe you come from a very different place and upon death will return there, wherever that is. The ocean is far too big for you t...
Pardon my confusion but in some instances you claim to be a Buddhist and in other instances you claim not to be. I don't mind being confused about thi...
Perhaps this is evidence to support to the Plumb theory then, superheroes being super-leftist-villains. On the other hand, the top superhero is called...
I’m currently rather fond of a series called “The Boys.” The boys are a ragtag group of malcontents who’s intent is to kill-off all the superheroes. T...
In all your givens you neglect to mention that at the point of dialogue in question we were talking about Buddhism and the alleged Religion of Romanti...
If you don't know whether or not they're speaking inline with their tradition then you don't know if it's hyperbole, but whatever the case, how is Hin...
Hyperbole to make a point? Which leads me to... Just like there are no traditions that rationalize murder on the basis of no-self, there's no Romantic...
Wasn’t it uneducated righties that helped to put a celebrity in the Oval Office in 2016? https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DeiMRcEv3VHGzJZsXmDyN_SXR-s=/...
That's quite a book and I'm quite the romantic myself. :love: Spoiler alert: Traditionalist promoting traditionalism in exhausting length and a bit mi...
There's an aspect similar to philosophical stoicisms dichotomy of control (or perhaps essentially identical to older forms of stoicism?) but with a fa...
This is a significant statement in relation to my ‘project’ because it inspires curiosity as to why you’re not a Buddhist. It’s natural to suspect tha...
Hidden Zen, a book dedicated to sharing practices that are not commonly found outside dedicated traditions. Thoroughly traditional, I’m not sure what ...
I appreciate your openness and I too apologize, for my silly behavior. As for my pet project, I count all in agreement. The only blurry part that rema...
Funny you should ask because Wayfarer is a moderator, or used to be one, at dharmhawheel.net, a popular Buddhist forum. He’d be the one to ask. The un...
Interesting, the inner feminine caught in an endless repetitive nihilism while concurrently presenting masculine physiognomy. What you appear to be cr...
Rewatching the scene just now I can see that I was mistaken. In my defense, it’s a musical and sometimes in musicals I get more rapped in the music th...
And what happens if you have a shitty manager (or a shitty Pope)? You fire them. Are you then left empty handed with no higher authority? In other wor...
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