praxis

I assume that you’re joking. Not long ago I was a bit surprised to see far-right leaning conservatives disowning the current progressive Pope for prom...

How is anything that I've posted in this topic a rejection of faith? Honestly, I have no faith that you can, or will even try, to answer this question...

I'm claiming that it's a necessary feature of religion, for reasons that I've pointed out and you've read and responded to. It's not a rejection any m...

I know there's nothing that I or anyone else could say that will convince you that Buddhism is a religion that relies on an ultimate or supreme author...

It doesn't imply that faith is an intellectual weakness. It states that religion depends on faith in an ultimate authority as a necessary condition fo...

I don’t believe that I’ve done that in this topic.

If you were practical you’d keep your silly fantasies about fellow posters to yourself and stick to the topics.

Thanks for the thoughtful response that I will characterize as corroborative. I take exception to this bit though: Because you responded to it I know ...

I’m willing to entertain all the meta-discussion if it’s a prerequisite to your returning to the topic. Let me know if it is. I’ll reiterate my positi...

You’re not speaking so I have nothing to listen to but ad hominem attacks. My last post on topic was the following. —————— I'm talking about all relig...

With a google search for “online clairvoyant” and a credit card you could get lucky.

Is the following your only condition then? That’s quite easy, particularly if, in all fairness, it only needs to meet the quality of your posts.

That appears to be only one of the conditions.

I just read your conditions with the intent to comply but — and I guess it shouldn’t have come as a surprise — they’re unmeetable or not coherent enou...

It can be hard to imagine things that exist and things that don't exist. :heart: :broken:

Betrayal isn't usually met with insouciance, even for Libertarians. And thanks for providing an opportunity to use the word insouciance, btw. Same sto...

His movies are hilariously perverted.

You would "tuck your shirt" in front of a 15-year-old girl? Pervert.

Is that true or is it just a story we tell ourselves in order to navigate the social world. I value liberty a great deal, as well as loyalty, and I fe...

Actually Haidt claims that we share the same moral intuitions and they’re merely packaged differently, such as liberal or libertarian.

You’ve really outdone yourself this time, Hippyhead, and that’s a tall order. You should at least try to show where I demonstrate a lack of understand...

:lol:

If only you could be so frugal with what bounces around in your head. But please, you were going to show there I demonstrate a lack of understanding.

So show where I demonstrate a lack understanding.

Cute caricature that shows how your mind works. The crazy thing is that the only thing I’m doing in this topic is committing the cardinal sin of argui...

Right, the limited view that has been freed by a modern perspective, where we can see Buddhism as a philosophy, science, art, or indeed, a religion. Y...

How many times do I need to point out the obvious? I’m arguing that Buddhism is a religion rather than a philosophy. That is the core of the topic, af...

You appear to have bought the propaganda that people may have completely different values.

Discrete identities are useful for politicians to manipulate an unsuspecting public, so in order to not be fooled, it may be better to focus on the id...

What does that have to do with religious followers being misled or otherwise taken advantage of? You think that doesn't happen in Buddhism? Awwwww, yo...

I honestly couldn't say. So pragmatist or ideolog?

Complete non sequitur.

I haven't followed all of it but from what I gather it was a matter of trying to determine if SLX stood on pragmatic ground, as in the lesser of two e...

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I assume you're claiming this because Buddha's are not considered Gods and therefore not an ultimate authority. What matters is that in order to be pa...

Unless you live in Cali like me your vote could count several times more than mine does, so you laugh at fellow Americans as well. So much for conserv...

I'm talking about all religions and all religions depend on faith, specifically and significantly faith in ultimate authority. Of all posters in this ...

Lol, true religions are true and false religions are false. That’s your response, essentially? If so, well, okay, but then why do false religions stil...

In a word, to gotcha! :razz:

You claimed that a practitioner would know what Buddhism (a religion) is. My point was that religious followers are notoriously often mislead. Religio...

:razz: Do whatever you must.

The point was not to critique anyone’s habits but to point out that if the religious were actually motivated by what they claim to be motivated by, so...

I admit that I've expressed hostility towards Hippy, in this topic, who has blatantly used ad homs against me and so not undeserving, but I've quickly...

In your case I believe that less pharmaceutical technology would be most beneficial.

In your case I believe that pharmaceutical technology would be most efficacious.

That's one reason, and perhaps not even a very strong reason. If it were the only reason, or even a primary reason, then why would you be wasting your...

I know, the relationship is definitely dramatized, but still a good story and it's informative and promotes ecology.

Oh, sorry, your answer is “thought operates by a process of division” then? My understanding is that concepts are formed from a rather large amount of...

So good that you’re unable to answer it, apparently. Again, I’m arguing that Buddhism is a religion rather than a philosophy, primary in pointing out ...

Don't be silly. I'm merely arguing that it's a religion rather than a philosophy. Ad homs are a stupid way to argue. If it's not a single thing outsid...