Is buddhism not the most logical of all religions? It seems reaching enlightment...a sort of intellectual excercise which leads to a conservation of self and the enviroment as a good compromise and helpful to society and the individual.
2006-10-11 22:08:03 · 8 answers · asked by jack d 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
felix..Nice answer...swift and clean.
if you had to pick one though---would buddhism not be the one with the least controversies and logical hurdles and loopholes?
By the way, christianity was named "the most extensively flawed and logicallyloopholed religion" which means it contraditcts itself on more than one account. And in many cases, it does not even make any sense in its assertions (this is just fact). I think these have been well documented in the past too but were withheld due to contraversy. Furthermore, there was a study in johns hopkins that stated that many of the "proclaimed" justice stories were really flawed justice and the god of the old testament was the "epitomy of double standards, hypocricy and injustice" rather than an example of pure justice based on current modern justice standards in our legal system...
So yea, I don't think christianity is doing very well in the "logical" department. Neither is islam, nor judaism, being just mere mirror images.
2006-10-11 22:17:59 · update #1
From what I've read about buddhism it seems good. It has a good goal and an interesting approach to reaching it and as far as I know buddhism isn't irrational or biased. On the contrary it actually encourages people to exercise the mind and learn to live a more fulfilling life while at the same time it doesn't harm anyone. Out of the religions I've learned about buddhism seems like the best one, I have never learned about another religion that even comes close.
2006-10-11 22:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. It is very idealistic when we donot live in an ideal world. Meditation has been taken from hinduism and non violence from jainism. Look at tibet. They lost it to china without a fight. One cannot deny worldly matters for the spiritual completely. As long as you are in this world you have to live within the framework. Gandhi was influenced by buddhism even though he was a hindu. What good did that do for India. It got divided into three parts. He asked the people to be non-violent and wait. If it weren't for Gandhi the whole nation would have revolted and kicked the british out much much before 1947 and saved the partition. Gandhi did not belong in politics. If you are interested in meditation but donot want to overlook worldly matters i suggest you look up hinduism. Buddhism is just a sect of hinduism.
2006-10-11 22:19:38 · answer #2 · answered by Rajan S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well as a former muslim, i really respect buddhism. i always believe that u should follow a religion in which u can live life to the full, and this does not mean so that u can go out drinking.u should be able to reach your goals and dreams and at the same time be a good human being and believe in god, thats all god wants. god doesn't want us to pray 5 times a day, if god wanted us to pray every few hrs, for the rest of our lives, why would god make this planet earth for us to live in ?
2006-10-11 22:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, absolutely. In the 12 step program that I have embraced the last 27 months, we addicts are encouraged to find a "Higher Power" to be a source of strength. But I grew to become non-religious before I entered the program and had difficulty imagining what my higher power could be. It was due to my learning Buddhism that led me to conceptualize what has helped me stay clean to this day. It doesn't have a name or a face or any religion attached to it. It's there but not as any one entity.
2006-10-11 22:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love the wisdom of Buddhism since it does not deal with things that we cannot see or hear, but deals directly with the human condition. It's the purest form of wisdom and religion.
2006-10-11 22:21:27 · answer #5 · answered by Wonder Weirdo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism is good, but I wouldn't rule anything out, take the best of everything and put it all together, there is only one God, and after all, He made it all, so help yourself to what you think is best, cheers!!
2006-10-11 22:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If buddhism is based on monotheist belief, to One Almighty God... then I would not have problem to consider it as a right way.
But it is not, so I do not accept Buddhism as a correct way to God
We are here to worship God and to help our souls to be perfect, society is coming as a part of it, not as a priority
2006-10-11 22:10:00 · answer #7 · answered by Suomi 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No
2006-10-11 22:12:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋