Comments on: Atheism, and Buddhists http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/ History, Evolution, and the Darwin Debate Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/comment-page-1/#comment-332615 James Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:10:32 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=22051#comment-332615 "The point I am making is that the central issue is the nature of skill, action, and intentionality." As John has pointed out on this blog many times, Kant completely grasped this point. It is troubling to think that "secularism" could've been taken in a far more robust and recondite direction before the onset of scientism and positivism. “The point I am making is that the central issue is the nature of skill, action, and intentionality.”

As John has pointed out on this blog many times, Kant completely grasped this point. It is troubling to think that “secularism” could’ve been taken in a far more robust and recondite direction before the onset of scientism and positivism.

]]> By: James http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/comment-page-1/#comment-332614 James Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:58:36 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=22051#comment-332614 The point I am making is that the central issue is the nature of skill, action, and intentionality. Early Buddhism makes this the central issue in contrast to later forms of Buddhism. Current "secularists" and the New Atheists are completely ignorant of the history of religion and so they only attack the most degenerated forms of religion without understanding the central point. To be fair, current religionists and New Agers aren't any better and they just spew up all kinds of incoherent nonsense (i.e. oneness with the universe, religion is about feeling, emotion, etc.) The point I am making is that the central issue is the nature of skill, action, and intentionality. Early Buddhism makes this the central issue in contrast to later forms of Buddhism. Current “secularists” and the New Atheists are completely ignorant of the history of religion and so they only attack the most degenerated forms of religion without understanding the central point. To be fair, current religionists and New Agers aren’t any better and they just spew up all kinds of incoherent nonsense (i.e. oneness with the universe, religion is about feeling, emotion, etc.)

]]> By: Samuel Skinner http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/comment-page-1/#comment-332588 Samuel Skinner Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:57:56 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=22051#comment-332588 'I will ignore your comment since you don’t have the slightest idea about what John and I are talking about." "It is not my intention to be impolite, but TB shows all of the signs of being a product of the chaotification and egregious mysticism that characterized the medieval period (it seems to be some eclectic mixture of Upanishadism, indigenous Tibetan shamanism, Nath tantra, and Buddhism)." Here he appears to be complaining that the culture is a synthsis of several different threads. Which is bizarre because that applies to just about every culture on Earth and is irrelevant to the value of its culture. I'd say my mockery is spot on. ‘I will ignore your comment since you don’t have the slightest idea about what John and I are talking about.”

“It is not my intention to be impolite, but TB shows all of the signs of being a product of the chaotification and egregious mysticism that characterized the medieval period (it seems to be some eclectic mixture of Upanishadism, indigenous Tibetan shamanism, Nath tantra, and Buddhism).”

Here he appears to be complaining that the culture is a synthsis of several different threads. Which is bizarre because that applies to just about every culture on Earth and is irrelevant to the value of its culture. I’d say my mockery is spot on.

]]> By: James http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/comment-page-1/#comment-332564 James Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:07:15 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=22051#comment-332564 I will ignore your comment since you don't have the slightest idea about what John and I are talking about. I will ignore your comment since you don’t have the slightest idea about what John and I are talking about.

]]> By: Samuel Skinner http://darwiniana.com/2009/03/29/atheism-and-buddhists/comment-page-1/#comment-332532 Samuel Skinner Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:33:08 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=22051#comment-332532 Hey- ideologies compete and crush each other all the time. Libertarianism should be coming into the sights soon... James comment is moronic though. I wasn't aware it was our job to preserve whole other cultures for our enjoyment. Or decide wheter they are "real" enough. All that matters is if they are helpful or harmful- not wheter they are unique or interesting. Also the reason the Chinese crack down on it is they have an crazy fear of seperatism due to watching what happened to the USSR. Hey- ideologies compete and crush each other all the time. Libertarianism should be coming into the sights soon…

James comment is moronic though. I wasn’t aware it was our job to preserve whole other cultures for our enjoyment. Or decide wheter they are “real” enough. All that matters is if they are helpful or harmful- not wheter they are unique or interesting.

Also the reason the Chinese crack down on it is they have an crazy fear of seperatism due to watching what happened to the USSR.

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