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03-08-2004, 02:25 PM | #742 | |
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03-08-2004, 04:33 PM | #743 |
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I think faith is something very individual. I'm in no way against organized religion, but I also believe you need more. People go to church every week, but they don't have a really strong belief while others never go to church but have a very deep faith and are good people.
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03-08-2004, 04:39 PM | #744 |
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i have a very strong faith in my family and close friends... i don't think i have ever really looked much further than that
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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03-08-2004, 05:53 PM | #746 | |
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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03-08-2004, 08:50 PM | #747 |
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hi, just discovered this thread
i am a liberal english gay white male buddhist hows that, eh? |
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I agree with you R*an (woah! j/k ).
Religion, by definition is organised spirituality. (But I'll look that up when I get home.) IOW, people with similar spiritual beliefs worhiping together. Connotations of rigidity exist for religion, because sometimes religious leaders incorporate their own political agendas. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the Pope (leader of Catholicism) and Henry the VIII (founder of Anglicanism). This does not invalidate the religion, because the spirituality is still there. You just have to recognize it. You can also belong to a religion and be a very spiritual person. My spirituality:religious ratio is very high, but without religion, I wouldn't know all the beautiful hymns I love so much, and never would have had the opportunity to teach Sunday School.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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03-08-2004, 09:10 PM | #752 | ||
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I didn't know you were Buddhist! Cool!
Tell us about Buddhism, I don't know anything about it except that it was started by Sidartha Gauthama (sorry about the terrible spelling there), and I don't remember when. Clearly, I have a lot to learn.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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You show dogs? Cool! I love dogs! I watch the Westminster Kennel Club dog show every year. Tibetan spaniels - I'm gonna have to replay the tape of the show to see what they look like, I don't remember - are they in the toy group? BOP - my sister-in-law just got a 7-week-old mini dachsund - SO cute!! Long hair, black and tan.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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where do i start?? not really a religion, as such more a collection of beliefs and a way of life basically, the buddha (Siddatha Goutama [spelt differently in all countries]) teaches that you should live your life true to yourself, and always be good to other people as well as yourself. We follow the 8 spoked wheel, to find Nirvana, which is spiritual enlightenment hope that helps a bit |
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as they have a purpose, though are not generally used for that purpose anymore sorry, i dont know the grouping system for the AKC, but they are probably in toy group |
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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03-08-2004, 09:25 PM | #760 |
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if anyone wants to know about buddhism, i have posted a little bit further up ^
EDIT: just thought of some more, it is actually the second oldest 'religion' in the world, after judaism then shinto, taoism,hinduism, chridtianity, islam, sikhism (if i'm wrong, i don't mean to offend, just point it out to me!) it would seem that indian/oriental religions developed first? with the three main 'western' religions coming later on am i right in assuming that jews, christians and muslims worship the same god, only in different ways? Last edited by Last Child of Ungoliant : 03-08-2004 at 09:31 PM. |
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