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• The religion of future will be a cosmic religion. .It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology.^ God remain constant and is of no respect to any particular person, yet there are particular persons that is of respect to God and in so being should be particular about God, the one and only constant in the Universe and beyond.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity.^ We are all embedded in nature but there are different ways of easing the mind spiritually.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Other, more intelligent Muslims, knowledgeable about the sources, respond by saying that the shock of the experience caused him to attempt suicide; it was a natural thing to do.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The inflow of Spiritual Energy or Kundalini Energy is well known in all Spiritual Circles as being expected in all genuine Courses with teachers who have advanced experience with Enlightened Masters.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  Buddhism answers this description... .If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.^ There are three aspects to the religion of Nichiren Buddhism: Practice, Study, and Faith.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Thus there are three aspects to the religion of Nichiren Buddhism: Practice, Study and Faith.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The Christ will bring together...Christianity and Buddhism...in a new scientific religion based on the mysteries; on Initiation; on Invocation."
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Albert Einstein^[1]

• Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.^ Timmy: “Men are going to have to accept that if they get to have other X partners, then their spouse also gets to have other X partners.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They believe that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, that He was sinless, and that He did great things, but they believe that before the crucifixion God took Him away, leaving a shadow in His place, and that Jesus will return at the end of the world to fight Antichrist.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Aitken Roshi

• I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does.^ A comparison of Nichiren Buddhism with other religions .
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Timmy, you were the one who labeled it inconsistent, and you were the one who is unable to give a standard that is anything other than you own personal feelings and preferences.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism), karuna (love), and samata (equality).^ Buddhism To understand Buddha without understanding the Upanisads is to miss the significance of Buddha and his teachings.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ As we can see, then, Lee's love for philosophical Taoism and for the most radical aspects of Buddha's teachings was hardly in line with the diluted and simplified forms of Taoism and Buddhism favored by the masses.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .This is what man wants for a good and happy life.^ Man (in his pride) also wants to show God what God has said man can do, that is earn favor before God by his good works, by his own merit.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Someone who sacrificed their life for the sake of others, that is a good Man.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  Neither god nor soul can save society.
  • Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar,Indian scolar,nationalist, jurist, political leader ,Buddhist revivalist and an architect of the Indian Constitution

• The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the world's ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. .The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.^ But I made up my mind that in September, when I returned to Baltimore to do my senior year at Johns Hopkins, I was going to find a Zen Buddhist center and learn to meditate.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Just meditate, open your mind, let it empty of all thoughts and try to experience pure awareness.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Meditation is definitely good for letting go of the mundaneness of life and for clearing the mind, but it has a lot of benefits that go even deeper.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
  • Atisha

• In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all. .
  • Bankei

• The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana.^ I think you should realize that you and others have a problem with the word atheist just as I do with the expression “Slicker than snot.” You gave an explanation on how the word was derived and not on what it means.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ As I've said a few times here, just because we don't know if one can experience emptiness directly until we experience it, that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ (It was indeed an appropriate analogy Bernie) So Bernie should either show a quote from any one of us indicating that we have religious beliefs, or slither back into that drinking hole of his and refrain from commenting until his blurred vision clears up.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Bassui

• All know the Way, but few actually walk it.^ That can't be the way that it works, we all know that for sure.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ YOU: "If God is, as you report, our perfect creator, all knowing, all powerful and omniscient, then we ARE doing things his way."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They explore every way, all that , before they know deep inside that these are all paths which lead to unhappiness.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
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  • Bodhidharma

• If you don't find a teacher soon, you'll live this life in vain.^ You have life but don't know how it started from nothing living.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Live life as you like.
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  ^ If you find out the answer is no, is this a life well-lived?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .It's true, you have the buddha-nature.^ Do you know something about the true nature of things that I do not?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .But without the help of a teacher, you'll never know it.^ What's the point if you can never know?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ You can never know.
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  ^ You never know.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.^ It only has to do with God's nature and the three persons /natures that make up the one God.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Only two persons turned up; one didn't turn up, so we were only three.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ God remain constant and is of no respect to any particular person, yet there are particular persons that is of respect to God and in so being should be particular about God, the one and only constant in the Universe and beyond.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .If, though, by the conjunction of conditions, someone understands what the Buddha meant, that person doesn't need a teacher.^ It needs a 'breaking away' from conventional conceptualization and understanding that the Buddha described as an 'awakening' or 'release'.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ A savior, master, guru, teacher, grace, God, Buddha, angel—someone or something special has to intervene before you can solve the problem of life.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I think these experiences are very, very personal and I do not understand how others can even judge what someone else is experiencing.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  Such a person has a natural awareness superior to anything taught. .But unless you're so blessed, study hard, and by means of instruction you'll understand.

• Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.^ When you understand that, you'll understand me.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ I dont understand what you mean by this.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ First, what you fail to understand is that prophesy, although usually factual, unless the language was figurative or apocalyptic, can have more than one fulfillment or part of a verse could be pertaining to the present, another to the future.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  It isn't more complicated that that. .It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.^ Just look at how Hillary in her weepy moment has managed to warm up all those women in New Hampshire to vote for her after she "opened up" her heart on Monday.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ If so he is either stating this as an absolute in that he knows this is the case without exception or doubt, or he just believes it to be so in his opinion, in which case he should not put it in the imperative form for this is not the case.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I also agree we have to keep an open mind to things we do not yet understand otherwise it is just as bad as believing you are right without evidence.
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  • Sylvia Boorstein

• If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.^ Only the purer in heart will see God.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You could have called your Balaji.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ "I realize that you see yourself as atheism" .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  • David Brandon (Zen in the Art of Helping)

• You can explore the universe, looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.

• Develop the mind of equilibrium.^ Who told you that teaching theories in universities cannot help?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Have you changed your mind?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ You are more than a product Timmy.
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  .You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.^ Ideas always spring forth from what is influencing the mind and you happen to look at things that support your beliefs.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The mind follows intention, The heart follows the mind, Such is our human condition, Neither you nor I can undo the wiring.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ But if you are prepared to face the limits of logic, another indirect approach gets us closer, as follows.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  • The Buddha - Sutta Nipata

• One day, Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed: "Lord, I've been thinking - spiritual friendship is at least half of the spiritual life!"^ I've been thinking about this for a while now.
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  ^ It also detracts – for me, at least – from the one life I have to live.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ One thing I think we can both agree on is that there is "life".
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  The Buddha replied: "Say not so, Ananda, say not so. Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life!" .
  • Samyutta Nikaya, Verse 2

• In what is seen, there should be just the seen;
  In what is heard, there should be just the heard;
  In what is sensed;
  there should be just the sensed;
  In what is thought, there should be just the thought.^ There's more, too much for mortal verse, But just enough for prose or worse.
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  ^ Gad thinks we should stop asking at some point and just accept that there is no more why.
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  ^ I have always thought that it's people who are opposed to the idea that should be labelled (perhaps as 'aquasceptics') not people like me, who are just open to reason and evidence.
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  .He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill.^ Why should I have reason to believe that something that has a beginning had no cause or that something that wasn't came into being.
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  ^ These three living beings shall not be killed in future.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ For so will it belong to Himself if it belong to Him alone; and therefore it will be impossible that another god should be admitted, when it is permitted to no other being to possess anything of God.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.^ In an evolutionary world-view it was the strong exploiting the weak, just as rape or the law of the jungle could be as well in an evolutionary worldview.
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  ^ Either this world was created or it somehow, and you have not been able to explain how this could happen, came into being.
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  ^ Well, considering the theory of evolution has been around about 150 years then what justified all the horrors of the world before "the strong exploiting the weak?"
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  • Sutta Nipata II,14

• One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure.^ No one would be at fault.
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  ^ 'The man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,...so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God' (II Thess.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You will notice in Deuteronomy 28 that God lays down some stipulations for Israel to follow, as to whether they would receive blessings or curses.
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  .To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.^ Those who follow him are merciful to one another, but ruthless to unbelievers" Surah 48:29.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ It is easy to overlook, but followers of Islam place their eternal salvation entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one single man - the imperfect and violent man Muhammad.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ YOU: "No, man is the one who does the barbarianism and savagery.
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  .These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood.^ "He replied, 'Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites [the teachings of the Pharisees]; as it is written, "'These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
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  ^ When you use the term "fence sitter" it sounds like you think that we need to have answers for these questions to defeat the God argument.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ That's seems like a lot of cyberbitterness, seems personal, were you once the dumb one waiting at home......
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  .Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, how much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!^ How you can even define good is beyond me.
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  ^ These are a good start to Reformed teachings.
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  ^ But how much control do you really have?
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  ...
  Conquer the angry man by love.
  Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
  Conquer the miser with generosity.
  Conquer the liar with truth.
  • The Dhammapada

• In Aryans' Discipline, to build a friendship is to build wealth, to maintain a friendship is to maintain wealth and to end a friendship is to end wealth. .
  • Cakkavatti Sutta, Patika Vagga, Digha Nikaya

• If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there.^ We also know that without them we would not survive as a species.
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  ^ Without it there would be no science.
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  ^ If he chooses to break those laws, just like in any other society, there are consequences (And without Christ in the long run, eternal ones)."
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  .Even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it.^ That would be a bit perplexing even to me.
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  ^ Without it there would be no science.
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  ^ A survey showed that nearly a third of young Brazilians did not use a condom the last time they had sex because one was not available or they could not afford one.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .
  • Itivuttaka 18

• A brahmin once asked the Blessed One: "Are you a God?"^ YOU: "God can not be omniscient, and want his creation to believe in him, and have even one member of his creation doubt his existence for even a second."
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  ^ You want to be the one in control; your pride will not submit to the law of God.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Without acts of love or compassion we would not survive one day in this world you claim was created by God.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ."No, brahmin," said the Blessed One.^ God has said in His word that the fool is the one who says in his heart there is no God, the one who rejects the message of the cross, the one who hears the word but does not act on it.
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  ^ So, I don't see it as a credibility issue because no one's saying you have to take it just cuz they said it.
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  ^ You said: “No one asked you to accept it as a lifestyle for yourself.
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  "Are you a saint?" ."No, brahmin," said the Blessed One.^ No one said atheism is a denial of certain types of "transcendent" experience allowed by our brains.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ God has said in His word that the fool is the one who says in his heart there is no God, the one who rejects the message of the cross, the one who hears the word but does not act on it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ So, I don't see it as a credibility issue because no one's saying you have to take it just cuz they said it.
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  "Are you a magician?" ."No, brahmin," said the Blessed One.^ God has said in His word that the fool is the one who says in his heart there is no God, the one who rejects the message of the cross, the one who hears the word but does not act on it.
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  ^ No one said that the norm would change to promiscuity.
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  ^ No one said atheism is a denial of certain types of "transcendent" experience allowed by our brains.
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  "What are you then?" ."I am awake."

• Let your love flow outward through the universe,
  To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
  A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.^ Can you show me, without relying on your emotions, that God is unjust if He lets three quarter of the world dwell in poverty?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ THIS CONNECTS THROUGH THE SEVEN CHAKRAS IN YOUR BODY - OUT INTO THE SOUL CHAKRA, ALL THE WAY TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE SOUL CHAKRA, AND THE ONE GOD WITH 10,000 NAMES. .
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ THIS CONNECTS THROUGH THE SEVEN CHAKRAS IN YOUR BODY - OUT INTO THE SOUL CHAKRA, ALL THE WAY TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE ONE GOD WITH 10,000 NAMES. .
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  
  .Then, as you stand or walk,
  Sit or lie down,
  As long as you are awake,
  Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
  Your life will bring heaven to earth.^ Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Have you changed your mind?
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  ^ You have taken your stand.
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  ...
  Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
  And the life of the candle will not be shortened.
  Happiness never decreases by being shared
  ...
  .I teach one thing and one only: suffering and the end of suffering.^ "At this time the bodhisattvas and the multitude beginning with Miroku, pressed their palms together and said: "World-Honored One, our only wish is that you teach us.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I disagree, because I believe the other Senior Priests can only be accused of spreading Nichirens teachings more flexibly, and I think that is a good thing, not a bad thing.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Instead of a name that describes what we are FOR, they are strangely nostalgic for a name that only describes one of the many things we are against.
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  ...
  .Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world.^ But apparently his world-view is the only one that can make sense of it all.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ Timmy: “There are not two different kinds of love, there is only one.
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  ^ What a boring world that would be if it was all gone!
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]
  
  One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry.
  .Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness.^ I think the third option is the only one open to us; the first will lead to disaster, the second will not stand long in the courts.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Just wondering how one decides what one is going to do with their life, when one does not believe in free will."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ If you are going to insult my faith you should research yourself properly instead of taking isolated quotes and stances that you don't understand and shooting them down.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .This, they say, is the holy state here.^ An interesting side note here is that while the bible says god is the reason and purpose of "why is there something instead of nothing" it doesn't state the reason and purpose for him making that something...
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ This conversation surely would be interesting if I am proven wrong and someone here (besides Peter) says that they would put the baby to the slow sword.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Muhammad here says that God bestowed on Jesus the Holy Spirit, exalted him above other prophets in degrees, and gave him clear proofs of Allah's sovereignty (i.e.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Sutta Nipata

• What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. .And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world.^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Should a political group be formed by those who feel that the world needs to wake up from this long religious nightmare?
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  ^ LJ: "But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
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  .The arising of form and the ceasing of form--everything that has been heard, sensed, and known, sought after and reached by the mind--all this is the embodied world, to be penetrated and realized.^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ All we do is get glimpses of a reality that is beyond the human mind to grasp.
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  ^ LJ: "But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
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  ...
  .The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.^ ME: "With such a worldview I don't know how you make sense of anything at all, let alone communicate with your illusions, for in your lack of reality, that is all this is - a schizophrenic blogging to yourself - right?"
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  ^ You are the one who is making His out to be a liar, by discrediting His word, even though you have been made in His image and likeness in your ability to think and reason.'"
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  ^ Gad, you make it sound as though Peters challenge: "if you can not answer these unanswerable questions, then how do you know that my answer is wrong", has some merit.
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  .
  • Samyutta Nikaya

• Make an island of yourself,
  make yourself your refuge;
  there is no other refuge.^ Praise Allah, for there is no other but he!
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There have been no others.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There is no other God in existence.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Make truth your island,
  make truth your refuge;
  there is no other refuge.^ YOU: "Again, you make assumptions that your truth is the truth.
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  ^ Praise Allah, for there is no other but he!
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I say that that is a lie and there is no truth in it.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .
  • Digha Nikaya, 16

• Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.^ I'm actually happy to see by the reaction to these posts that most atheists are not like the one's that I refer to, but more like me.
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  ^ "More allegations that no one was around to see or knows exactly what happened, except for God who made it all and understands it completely.
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  ^ Since an atheist is one who "believes that God does not exist", and Sam clearly believes that God does not exist, how is he "not atheist enough" for you.
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  .Non-affliction is happiness in the world - harmlessness towards all living beings.^ I pray for peace throughout the world and the happiness of all living beings.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We are human beings living in the physical world.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Do you believe that all life originated from non-living material matter?
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  .
  • Udana 10

• Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.^ I was concerned that things were not as they appeared to be and there were some additional points of contention Timmy was wrestling with.
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  • Surangama Sutra

• Do not try to become anything.
  .Do not make yourself into anything.^ You cannot call yourself anything except "atheist" because you make yourself out to be your own god.
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  ^ It does not make sense that a random, chance, chaotic explosion would highly organize and design matter into anything.
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  Do not be a meditator.
  Do not become enlightened.
  .When you sit, let it be.^ Even if you don't believe in God or prayer, sit and say, "Let there be peace.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  
  What you walk, let it be.
  Grasp at nothing.
  Resist nothing.
  • Ajhan Chah

• If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.
  ...
  .The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.^ They have no reason to believe it, so they don't.
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  ^ I am open to other people's views.
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  ^ People don't choose what they like and what they don't like.
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  .To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.^ Then Powell talks about someone -- Coyote, say -- gazing into a pool of water and seeing his own image, but thinking that it is the real unreflected Coyote.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Don't worry about hurting someones feelings or even doing them bodily harm if you can get away with it and it is to your benefit, to the extent that you can determine that benefit.
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  ^ But much of what we choose to believe about the world, it seems to me, ought to, because otherwise we can easily deceive ourselves into thinking false claims.
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  • Pema Chodron

• Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through.^ You just have to have your comments here, commented on, by me.
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  ^ Here’s hoping I’ve misunderstood otherwise surely tae goodness Timmy you don’t mean we’ve to go through all that again!
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  ^ Here I made the conciliatory plea: "Timmy, couldn’t you be just a wee bit less intemperate and more selective in the words you use?
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  your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown. .None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed.^ For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised to them.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ In order for your arguments to have any relevance or credibility, you need to provide quotes by Sam and, or I, showing belief in any of the ridiculous things that you accuse us of believing in.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I just proved by your rules, where the universe came from without any need for god!..........
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .But if you toil without rest, fatigue and weariness will overtake you, and you will denied the joy that comes from labor's end.^ You can deny that God exists, but at the end ...
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Where do you ever see something coming from nothing and yet your world-view expects one to believe that all this just happened without any reasonable explanation?
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  ^ You pick and choose the science that is conducive to improving your standard of living and deny the rest.......
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  Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. .If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others.^ I already know what you will say.
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  ^ I am not saying you should ever agree with me.
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  ^ If you don't know, you should be neutral.
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  .Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.^ Thanks for any help/correction that is needed!
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten.^ However, the defeat of the Persians should take place soon 'in a small number of years'.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They would take each others feelings into account and act like people who love each other.
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  .Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all.^ You can have all the X and love combination that you want.
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  ^ You love your best friend.
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  ^ "Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
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  Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds. .Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself.^ Your first duty is to find the peace in you.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ As soon as you notice a thought arise, immediately extinguish it; arrest thoughts as they arise, in order to make your mind peaceful and quiet.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Just apply your attention to the point where you rouse the mind and activate thought, concentrating on this constantly – then the mysterious pass will spontaneously appear.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.^ "I realize that you see yourself as atheism" .
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  ^ You see yourself as an advantaged one.
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  ^ I was happy to see that Sam Harris, and many of you, seem to agree, even while you have some real qualms with the philosophy.
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  .Despite all appearances, no one is really evil.^ One of the consequences was that the creature would no longer be innocent of the knowledge of evil and of doing evil.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
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  ^ ME: "With no objective grounds conflict and strife are the norm because it is all preference, one persons justice is another persons injustice" .
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  They are led astray by ignorance. .If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light, rather than blame and condemnation.^ You are more than a product Timmy.
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  ^ You can't get more exact than exact.
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  ^ It seems you are hinting to us, more and more, indoctrination, rather than searching for the truth.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .You, no less than all beings have Buddha Nature within.^ The burden of proof lies with you to prove that the physical world is the only reality and that no supernatural being exists.
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  ^ The angel tale or story is no more than the attempt to help muslims understand the nature of being able to do good and bad.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Your essential Mind is pure.^ Just meditate, open your mind, let it empty of all thoughts and try to experience pure awareness.
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  .Therefore, when defilements cause you to stumble and fall, let not remorse nor dark foreboding cast you down.^ Here let try, the singularity the gave birth to the Big Bang, wasn't created, it always was, it therefore has no effect and therefore needs no cause.
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  ^ Therefore, will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord...
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ He says "To make someone laugh, all you have to do is show a man dressed up as an old woman falling down a flight of stairs.
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  Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on. Faith is like a lamp and wisdom makes the flame burn bright. .Carry this lamp always and in good time the darkness will yield and you will abide in the Light.^ Since that time I am always connected to and able to source the white light from above my head.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ You always portray it in the worst possible light.
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  ^ When you get tired of groping in the dark I'll be here waiting in the light of reason."
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  • Dhammavadaka

• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.^ Yorb myths say that lrun (whose name means "Lord or Owner of the Sky") delegated the task of creating the world to one of his sons, btl.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ No one can say that, because everything was CREATED. So my friend, how did intelligence come about?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ YOU: "Are you saying that He cannot make something the way He chooses to make it, that He can't do with His creation as He chooses?"
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  • H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

• Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.^ I think you may have me convinced on this one.
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  ^ He may still be neurotic because only one problem has been solved.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ On university and college campus's the buzz word is "That may be true for you but it is not for me" or "that's your truth" when one of the icons of evolution is opposed.
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  .One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind.^ One first examines the structure of one's mind and finds the root of all problems in the development of an ego-identity, which must be abolished and eradicated completely.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ For it is atheists who have accused him of backsliding into religious and supernatural thought for simply being open minded and willing to try things before criticizing them.
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  ^ No one is saying that they are improving the mind, simply that they can be a way of temporarily altering perception for the purposes of experimentation.
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  .This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!^ I don't have one belief like you.
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  ^ I also don't recall you answering this one.
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  ^ LJ: “You see it as "squashing" because you don't agree with it and because it "squashes" your will to prevent women from having one.
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  .First one must change.^ One first examines the structure of one's mind and finds the root of all problems in the development of an ego-identity, which must be abolished and eradicated completely.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "The change from one state into the next is in fact...a death or dissolution of the first state followed by rebirth in a new state.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ For example, if I have a difficult boss, I know from studying Buddhism that I must change first, rather than waiting for my boss to change.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.
  ...
  Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. .Without them, humanity cannot survive.^ I recognize that humans cannot advance without answering some basic questions like, Who Am I? Why am I here?
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  ...
  .I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later.^ Please feel free to ignore my questions if they come across to you as too personal.
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  ^ So maybe I shouldn't call myself a Buddhist (as the fourth "seal," explained in my previous post, is that you must accept that nirvana is beyond concepts).
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  ^ In Nichiren Buddhism, accountability is achieved by telling people that all their actions, good and bad, will eventually come back to them as effects, whether later in this lifetime or in a future lifetime.
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  There is not much hurry.
  .If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love,
  with compassion, with less selfishness,
  then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.^ The Hindu is not satisfied merely to accept Christ in theory, but he strives hard to live the life, which Jesus lived, to lead a life of renunciation, of self-control and of love to all.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ If, after acquiring spirituality, you lead a worldly life, you will never lose your peace of mind.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Jesus is the "Good Shepherd", and the God of love - who does not lead people astray.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
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  .The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma.^ The assembly is also a time for fellowship, for being with other Christians, and for sharing together our common devotion (Rom.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Perhaps we live in a parallel universe where there are numerous dimensions beyond the perceptions of our own 5 senses.
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  .Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there.^ You can meet in each others homes to chant and study and share your experiences.
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  ^ An inscription of the third or second century B.C., which states that some thing was constructed for the welfare of all living beings, has been discovered at this place 181 .
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ A Mahayana bodhisattva (seeker, altruist) takes a vow to postpone his or her entry into nirvana until all other sentient beings can likewise be saved.
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  .The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live.^ We are human beings living in the physical world.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Many of us lay claim the contributions our ancestors made to civilization to gain the respect of the rest of humanity.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
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  .We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.^ All of our world-views have it.
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  ^ All our other desires stem from the lower nine worlds.
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  ^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
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  .If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.^ I don't see how you can."
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  ^ No need for you to get confused again in the future.
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  ^ Have you changed your mind?
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  .It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.^ "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given for men by which we must be saved."
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  ^ "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
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  ^ I don't believe that one does exist either, I am rather neutral on the subject, other than to say that if there is one, it is a scientific answer.
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  .Whenever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed.^ Shin Jōdoshū jiten 新浄土宗辞典 [New Dictionary of Pure Land Buddhism].
  • Reference Guide for Buddhist Studies 10 February 2010 12:45 UTC www.humnet.ucla.edu [Source type: Academic]
  
  ^ There are many “new insights into our evolutionary roots” that, given time, turn out to be the mistaken thinking of modern man.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Shinshū shin jiten 真宗新辞典 [New Dictionary of Shin (Pure Land) Buddhism].
  • Reference Guide for Buddhist Studies 10 February 2010 12:45 UTC www.humnet.ucla.edu [Source type: Academic]
  
  .The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.^ God is infinite and we get to perceive only glimpses of Him in many ways as He reveals Himself in different ways to different persons."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ LJ, you remind me of those people who think that if they legalize marijuana, the people will go crazy and start smoking pot all over the place.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Timmy, God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24), so I cannot provide "video or film footage" of Him.
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  .Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum.^ It's that we do it habitually in our moment-to-moment existence.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The mind follows intention, The heart follows the mind, Such is our human condition, Neither you nor I can undo the wiring.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Such freedoms for Christians are basically non existent in many Islamic nations.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.
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  .According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps.^ There are three aspects to the religion of Nichiren Buddhism: Practice, Study, and Faith.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Thus there are three aspects to the religion of Nichiren Buddhism: Practice, Study and Faith.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ He says there are three stages in the cultivation of gung fu: (1) Primitive Stage, (2) the Stage of Art, and (3) the Stage of Artlessness.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life.
  The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated.
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  .The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.^ The inhabitants of the earth; the human race.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ As for perfect human beings, what are they?
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  ^ A particular way of life: the world of the homeless.
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  .To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings.^ By the way: do you know what "book" means?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Do you know what "heart" means?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Meaning you know that the problem exists.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation.^ After all, the reflection depends upon the pool, the eyes, mind and presence of the real Coyote.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The way Sam talks about meditation in his speech, it appears that he has already adopted the philosophy of mind, psychology, and ethics, from Buddhism.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ To bring up the religion of Buddhism, when Sam talks about experimenting with the human mind through meditation, is so....
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  in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
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  Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.
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  .The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.^ When a conglomerate of people claim this atheistic idea as their own, and collectively decide that all (or certain) "spiritual" ideas are ridiculous and must be denounced with "reason"...
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You may do that but you have no reason for doing that because by criticizing any theist you must first demonstrate that you have a standard for good that is measurable against something concrete, something objective, something absolute, something ultimate.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You are your own ultimate authority in deciding all things and this is the way you want it.
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  .From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects.^ He says it better than I ever could.
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  ^ It is all supposed to be voluntary, which works much better than 'control'.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ This is not to say one gender is superior intellectually or emotionally than the other or that we are limited in any way by our gender (but evidence suggests that females are much better at "reading" others' emotions and feelings and males use more logical and reasoning skills when solving problems).
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  .But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves.^ But if they say no, and this is so often the case, the only way to make them share everything is to take away their free will.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There are many examples of how science has greatly improved our morality and by this I am simply saying that it has helped us learn to understand, accept and treat people in better ways.
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  ^ But given the nature of language, which is our main tool for understanding anything, I say there must be exactly as many ways to understand God as there are conscious beings trying to understand God.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]
  
  .From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.^ Which is much much worse than accusing someone of being for Hitler.
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  ^ Now all of a sudden anyone who so much as raises an eyebrow at the notion is somehow 'worse than Hitler' or something.
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  .When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy.^ As he said earlier in the show that after death he believed there was nothing, that everything ended at death, so there are no more happy journeys, according to the atheist position, once dead.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ Very gradually one's senses become softer and finer, more attuned to the subtle movements of the Tao in the world.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ E Favorite, It was a feeling I got when I read the speech that he wanted to distance himself from the word and that there was more to it than just an aversion to the word.
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  .On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down.^ One of the first things I learned when pushing hands is that tensing up offers the other person a marvelous means of manipulating me.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ On the other hand, the woman's nature is one of inhibition and escape.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.fatheralexander.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Some of the songs should be hymns of praise and worship to God and Christ, but other songs can be songs by which we teach and encourage one another (Eph.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy.^ It feels like a baby chick of a realization that isn’t developed enough yet to be born, yet has the potential to become a beautiful reality.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  Why? .I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction.^ Because that resulted from OUR sin as humans.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You keep telling yourself there is no evidence to believe so, but deep down you know there is because of the impossibility of the contrary.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I am because I don't have any answers" Actually it's more like "look how honest I am because I am not pretending to "know" the answers for questions that science doesn't even have an answer for" I have plenty of answers and so does science.
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  .Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature.^ The Orishas rule over every force of nature and every aspect of human life.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  Constructiveness is the human way. .Therefore, I think that in terms of basic human feeling, violence is not good.^ But I think people want to go through these rituals, ceremonies and symbolic ways of expressing their love because it is something that makes them feel good.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Therefore they think that the medicine will not taste good in spit of its fine color and fragrance.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The geologist has never bothered to think of a good reply, feeling the explanations are not worth the trouble as long as the work brings results.
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  .Non-violence is the only way.^ You can only understand it in a non-physical way.
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  .We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years.^ But they do exist for about a hundred years at a time.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ All I said was that we can speculate about things that exist outside of our universe without talking about the supernatural.” .
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  ^ The first and only life form in the billions of years history of life on this planet that can imagine the likelihood of other life forms existing elsewhere in the universe, or even outside of our universe.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased.^ The mind follows intention, The heart follows the mind, Such is our human condition, Neither you nor I can undo the wiring.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ But, speaking rationally, what human being in the year 2007 would believe this story: .
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "Men of devout faith during this time I taught people about Nento Buddha and others saying that I would end all sufferings and pass away.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever.^ A combination of both innate intelligence that has brought us all to the present and our inquired knowledge are to share in the existence of us all to today.
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  ^ I believe you can experience a connectedness---somehow our brains are wired to experience this---just as we are wired to experience other phenomenon like love, compassion....this is after all, part of being human."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Science may not have the answers to all of our ponderings about how we have become human, but science's lack of understanding does not a god make.
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  .This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world.^ Without acts of love or compassion we would not survive one day in this world you claim was created by God.
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  .And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.^ Therefore, these four fundamental forms of radiation represent the spirits of the four living creatures, and give testimony of why they had four faces (Ezekiel 1:12-21).
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They should be confronted, taken on before much longer.
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  ^ He added that medical practitioners in the state will face stiff penalties if they are caught carrying out any 'anti-life' activities.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  
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  .The fundamental philosophical principle of Buddhism is that all our suffering comes about as a result of an undisciplined mind, and this untamed mind itself comes about because of ignorance and negative emotions.^ All our painful memories are thoughts filled will negative emotion.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ The intent that comes from a mind in expressing itself.
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  ^ ME: "The intent that comes from a mind in expressing itself."
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  .For the Buddhist practitioner then, regardless of whether he or she follows the approach of the Fundamental Vehicle, Mahayana or Vajrayana, negative emotions are always the true enemy, a factor that has to be overcome and eliminated.^ Timmy, truth is true regardless of whether you believe it.
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  ^ To a true Buddhist practitioner, meditation is not primarily a mystical experience; it is really about observing one's own mind, how it works, with brutal honesty.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ So my statement that Ronald Reagan was president of the USA in 1986 could be true for me and false for you then, depending on your subjective bend, instead of the statement always being true regardless of whether you believe it for that particular year in history?
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  .And it is only by applying methods for training the mind that these negative emotions can be dispelled and eliminated.^ You may ask, ‘How, then, can one explain misery and sin and unhappiness?’ The answer is that these apply only to the jiva (the individual soul).
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ My assertions in this paper apply only to the healing techniques of those healers who derive their methods from traditional Yorb conceptions.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We can only heal ourselves when we learn to fill ourselves with energy by these methods.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  .This is why in Buddhist writings and teachings we find such an extensive explanation of the mind and its different processes and functions.^ But I made up my mind that in September, when I returned to Baltimore to do my senior year at Johns Hopkins, I was going to find a Zen Buddhist center and learn to meditate.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I find compelling the Buddhist claim that we actually have the potential for far greater insight into our minds, and into reality.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The universities you are talking about do not teach evolution as a scientific fact, but as a theory, because operation science cannot find any other explanation for origins.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Since these negative emotions are states of mind, the method or technique for overcoming them must be developed from within.^ Namaste, Peace, Manzaholla, Stay attuned to these thoughts with a more broad mind, attuned to the infinite state and you can't go wrong.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ These factors may include personal time constraints, level of interest and motivation, emotional and/or physical needs, desires and states...
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ One first examines the structure of one's mind and finds the root of all problems in the development of an ego-identity, which must be abolished and eradicated completely.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  There is no alternative. .They cannot be removed by some external technique, like a surgical operation."^ "Such mysterious techniques cannot be explained by adaptation; they were bestowed."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Such mysterious techniques cannot be explained by adaptation; they were bestowed.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ And I can't imagine why someone would feel the need to criticize someone's "interest" in something like that, unless they felt threatened by it in some way.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • from 'Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection'

• The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change so that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger but in wisdom, understanding and love.^ There is a difference between wisdom and knowledge and I will grant that you, Timmy, Bernie and Andy have a great deal of knowledge, but wisdom comes with the fear of the Lord, of recognizing who He is and that He has created you.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I see consciousness as the radar of the tree of life, tracing the landscape of reality at the boundary so the tree can grow new buds.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ LJ said: Because every time I “think” I understand what you are saying it keeps changing.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Jennifer Edwards

• View all problems as challenges.^ Like I said earlier, all of our world-views suffer the problem of infinite regression.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow.^ Learn how to transform the stress, the Negative Energy, of daily life, which arises in yourself or that which you pick up from other people.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Learn how to transform the stress, the Negative Energy, of daily life, which arises in you or that which you pick up from other people.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Still, I enjoy learning about how other pathless (or semi-pathless) wanderers look upon reality from their vantage point.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence.^ You don't have all the answers, but your bent is to put yourself in the position of God and determine what is good and right.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Don't fool yourself dear blogger, by your stunted insights.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Even though you Claim Sam and yourself are not making any such claims I believe that they are at the root of your interest in meditation, even if you don't.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  You have a problem? Great.
  More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate. .
  • Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"

• Humans prepare for the future all their lives, yet meet the next life totally unprepared.^ All futures are made by human beings.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ All I know is that life is meant to be lived.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Do you believe that all life originated from non-living material matter?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Drakpa Gyaltsen

• To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality;
  to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality.
  .The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth.^ What on earth are you talking about?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You are correct the more deeper you think about it the harder it is to escape.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I said: WTF! are you talking about!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Stop talking and thinking and there is nothing you will not be able to know.^ I know you think that yours has evidence.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You think you can stop it?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ If there was nothing before it then think it out.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Hsin Hsin Ming

• Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.
  • Hsi-Tang

• When one does what Buddhas do, one is a Buddha.
  When one does what Bodhisattvas do, one is a Bodhisattva.
  When one does what Arhats do, one is an Arhat.
  When one does what ghosts do, one is a ghost.
  .These are all natural phenomena.^ These are all words of the same nature.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Science is the perfect tool to "measure and quantify" not only music and other arts but also religion because science just is the business of measuring and quantifying natural phenomena in all their variety.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ These, of the many attributes He reveals in the pages of Scripture, does not stop God from knowing all things and judging according to His nature.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  There are no shortcuts in cultivation. .
  • Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

• Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense;
  Truth is apt to be neither.^ Perhaps access to Ascended masters and our past lives.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ By the way, it's so reasonable to believe that our intelligence came from God, while it doesn't make any sense to believe that our intelligence came from nowhere.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Christmas Humphreys

• ... .And the other half is taking complete personal responsibility for getting there!^ Yes there are other ways to know about God for God speaks to us by what He has created, but only through His Son and by His Spirit can we truly come to know Him in Person.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Changes are taking place in the Muslim world in the status of women, and there are other evidence of slower rates of population growth in the decades to come.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ I have also saved eight other stray cats and one stray dog by feeding them, getting to know them, and then taking them to a no-kill shelter, where every one was eventually adopted.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Joshua Bryer

• If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary,
  you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.^ You in the USA and I in Canada live in countries that still allow freedom of speech.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Can you posit a way that one could go outside of "ordinary experience" that is not delusion or supernatural?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You don't want to take His word for it, but you willingly take the word of subjective men because you prefer to live in the Dawkin's Delusion.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Lin-Chi

• One day I complained to Suzuki Roshi about the people I was working with.^ People complaining about the "Alter" of science should not benefit from science if it is so anathema to you.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ In the days of Muhammad's wife A'isha, one chapter of the Koran (the Sura) had about 200 vers es .
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Maybe one day there will be a change within the church, a nun from the Netherlands, said, adding that many religious people working in the field follow the practice of, "Your Bible in your left hand, your common sense in your right hand."
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  He listened intently. .Finally he said, "If you want to see virtue, you have to have a calm mind."^ So let's see: You don't have a mind.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Lastly, you stated, "Finally, you said you were just trying to make a point and that we were now beyond that.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ In any case I don't want to get in the middle, I was just pointing out something he said that I liked, not something you said that I didn't.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • "To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shuryu Suzuki" (Edited by David Chadwick)

• Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless; as insubstantial as empty space.^ So open-minded you are when the views you are examining aren't your own.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Have you changed your mind?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Look it up and argue % if you like.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Padma Sambhava

• Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe.^ Is that not what the Scriptures tell us?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ YOU: "Why do you tell us that we better believe in God if we want to avoid eternal hell, when you know that we don't have any say in the matter of whether or not we believe in him?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ ME: "And God has given us many proofs that the Scriptures are true and confirm what is real, some of which I have gone over before, I believe on this forum."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience with them.^ I read one about a daisy and a mouse.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ But we think that what we see is what really is, just as we experience it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We should be more concerned about what God’s Word actually says than the current trend in Christian thinking.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words.^ One day you will know the truth of His word.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ So your over the top response to the word "crush" is strange to me, and your the only who can know why.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ On university and college campus's the buzz word is "That may be true for you but it is not for me" or "that's your truth" when one of the icons of evolution is opposed.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  • Venerable Sumedho

• Of the great religions of history I prefer Buddhism, especially in its earliest forms because it has had the smallest element of persecution.^ To establish my argument that we have a crisis in civilization because we have a crisis in religion I will make several points dealing with the themes of tradition, history, religion, and human action .
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacifist

• As a student of comparative religions, I believe that Buddhism is the most perfect one the world has even seen.^ When the pyramids were finished, Europe had given the world not one organized civilization, even Asia was just stirring.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Because when one subscribes to any one religion, they are forced to accept, and find rational explanations for, some of the most irrational, nay abominable, words ever written by humans.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .The philosophy of the theory of evolution and the law of karma were far superior to any other creed.^ The universities you are talking about do not teach evolution as a scientific fact, but as a theory, because operation science cannot find any other explanation for origins.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ So far on this forum alone I have heard Gad or Timmy view different theories, other than the Big Bang and Andy went off on a tangent also.
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  ^ Please, mention all the SCIENTIFIC theories ( OTHER than evolution ) that explain that data.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .It was neither the history of religion nor the study of philosophy that first drew me to the world of Buddhist thought but my professional interest as a doctor.^ Originally appeared in four installments over sixteen years as: “A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America.” The Eastern Buddhist , n.s.
  • Reference Guide for Buddhist Studies 10 February 2010 12:45 UTC www.humnet.ucla.edu [Source type: Academic]
  
  ^ His most recent book, A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom, looks at a pivotal moment in world history, the world’s first genocide.
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ For example, if I have a difficult boss, I know from studying Buddhism that I must change first, rather than waiting for my boss to change.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .My task was to treat psychic suffering and it was this that impelled me to become acquainted with the views and methods of that great teacher of humanity, whose principal theme was the chain of suffering, old age, sickness and death.^ My preference is treat humans and animals humanely.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Amoung the names you gave, only humanism gives a clearly stated world view, a set of guiding principals.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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  ^ I don't know how you view the Bible, but your answers to everyone have been great in my opinion.
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  • Dr Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist / psychiatrist, Founder of the Jungian school of psychology

• Buddhism is an earnest struggle to win. This is what the Daishonin teaches. A Buddhist must not be defeated. .I hope you will maintain an alert and winning spirit in your work and daily life, taking courages action and showing triumphant actual proof time and again.^ Your answer will show what is in your heart and whether God is working in your life at this time.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Is God working in your life?
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  ^ When you lose your blood, you lose your life.
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  • Daisaku Ikeda ,president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI),

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• Buddhists believe that all human sufferings and dissatisfactions stem from desire or "thirst" (trishna)—for possessions , sensual pleasures, power, even for wisdom and knowledge—which warps our minds and distorts our understanding.^ All our other desires stem from the lower nine worlds.
  • Nichiren Daishonin�s Buddhism 2 February 2010 13:48 UTC www.nichirendaishoninsbuddhism.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "Even though, as a Buddhist Monk, I have to follow 33,000 rules, I have to come to prove to you that we are all Infinitely FREE!!"
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ To further understand the formation of a mental neutron star, we need to take a look at some of the components of a physical neutron star and how the relate to human behavior--as a result of the power of the Mind of God over matter.
  • Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.zulunation.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .The Buddha compared a life governed by the delusions of trishna to a river in flood, sweeping us away to a life of constant discontentment.^ WITH THE TECHNIQUES OF ENERGY ENHANCEMENT RIVERS OF ENERGY WILL DISSOLVE AND SWEEP AWAY ALL YOUR NEGATIVE ENERGIES - FAST!!
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]
  
  Learning how to control our cravings is the raft that can carry us over the flood to the opposite shore of insight and peace of mind.
• Sow a thought and reap an act

Sow an act and reap a habit
Sow a habit and reap a character
Sow a character and reap a destiny

References

1. ↑ The Buddha in the Eyes of Eminent Scholars, Phra Sripariyattimoli. 1999. ISBN 974-575-539-7

See also

• Gautama Buddha
• Dōgen Zenji
• The Gateless Gate
• Huang Po
• Nagarjuna
• Shunryu Suzuki
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Zen proverbs

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