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Originally posted by knightsofcydonia
this question boggles my mind, and I won't be taking the time to respond to your incredibly ignorant attitude toward religion but I think of God like this:
God is an infinite expression of forms. there is no tally on how many souls per year incarnate it does not work like that.
How do we know our souls do not occupy multiple dimensions at once?
and if they did wouldnt that mean those other expressions of us have souls too? Would they try to tally up souls in their own dimension do you think?edit on 21-4-2012 by knightsofcydonia because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AwakeinNM
Souls = single drops from an infinite ocean.
There can be as many souls as necessary. We're just parts of the infinite whole, that's all.
Many of us may have been conditioned during our upbringing to see things to do with a religion or a teaching primarily in spiritual terms so that a distorted view of Buddhism as being `other worldly` is formed. Yet Nichiren Daishonin`s Buddhism teaches that the spiritual and physical/material aspects of life are inextricably linked. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and practising Nichiren Daishonin`s Buddhism, in the face of day to day realities with its ups and downs, gives us a powerful means to draw out our Buddhahood. We find the key to our happiness in the middle of our daily lives! This is one meaning of `Buddhism equals daily life`
Originally posted by BiggerPicture
huh? why believe in religion when its man made?
why not believe in God directly?
God is the sum of all of us, no matter how infinitely divided up.
ie u meet the love of ur life, conceive new 'souls' from what? the same stardust the same supreme energy and life force some people claim to have have had conversations or picture up in the sky somewhere,
instead of within all of us.
Originally posted by samlf3rd
Originally posted by lifeform11
I'm not religious but i will give a possible answer to the question.
maybe there are always the same amount of souls on earth, however due to the decline of certain species most souls have to come back as the successful species - humans.
I like that clever. Perhaps even true.
"but throughout his life, he fought against the cult of personality and endlessly deflected the attention from himself. It was not his life or personality but his teaching that was important"
Religion must always be for the people. People do not exist for the sake of religion. This must be the fundamental rule of religion. To place supreme value on the human being is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. It is the humanism of the Buddhist Law
Originally posted by knightsofcydonia
Originally posted by TheProphetMark
That was an rather interesting read I must say so myself.
Thank you for this.
are you kidding me?
is this the drivel ats has succumbed to?
Originally posted by samlf3rd
Wow you guys are really thinking about this. My mind is going crazy with info overload!
I personally believe that God doesn't create souls anymore. I believe that when you have sex and have offspring the two souls of the parents are combined into one. Thus, creating a brand new soul. Once this soul dies over time it is recycled unless God grants this soul external life. If God doesn't grant this soul eternal life than the soul must start over again in a brand new galaxy. There is one plant with life per galaxy. There is more than one God.
Originally posted by samlf3rd
reply to post by SplitInfinity
I listened to more than just Carlin, I have read through history to find a single grain of evidence the Romans encountered Jesus. They don't say it. No philosopher says it, it is written only in a story book.