tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post1923474192646292566..comments2024-01-09T04:59:28.244-08:00Comments on Buddha of Hollywood: SpiritualityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16577023239841176697noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-39866424189791576192009-08-10T19:46:37.575-07:002009-08-10T19:46:37.575-07:00@ Mariana – I think everybody will agree with me a...@ Mariana – I think everybody will agree with me and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!<br /><br />@ Lydia – Oh I see! That makes more sense now.<br />Yup; automated programs will do that.<br />You could have ended up in an even more inappropriate group.<br />I hope they have a way of manually correct that.<br />I was considering joining too but now I can see myself getting into trouble.<br />Let me know how it works out OK?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577023239841176697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-26059011718209326662009-08-09T00:48:34.647-07:002009-08-09T00:48:34.647-07:00O, I didn't mean that I thought atheists are b...O, I didn't mean that I thought atheists are bad people. Not at all. A few of my closest friends are atheists. I'd trust an atheist over a fundamentalist any day!<br />I just meant that it rather shocked me that this program would so quickly scan my blog and set it in that category.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-13940853621010989492009-08-07T22:52:47.337-07:002009-08-07T22:52:47.337-07:00Very intersting post here is something I wrote:
&q...Very intersting post here is something I wrote:<br />"<br />Cities are disintegrating, Developing a strong sense of community is crucial and “culture” is one of the important elements that can contribute to such a development. As cities expand, people of various ethnicities or social groups are thrown together into sharing a crowded space, and this often either forces them to abandon their identities or forces them to cling to their identities unreasonably for what they perceive as survival. The former encourages anonymity, whereas the latter fosters divides among various groups. Neither way is positive to the development of an urban city, because anonymity may create depression."<br />and you can read this post, with the coments that are very good<br />http://singyourownlullaby.blogspot.com/2009/06/depression-and-culture.htmlMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-67473387065693711242009-08-07T19:13:02.644-07:002009-08-07T19:13:02.644-07:00@ Quantum – Great video! Thank you for sharing it!...@ Quantum – Great video! Thank you for sharing it!<br /><br />@ Lydia – Atheists are not bad people!<br />Of course they have some ignorant assholes but so every other human group :)<br />Let me know how the Scoutle thing works out for you.<br /><br />@ Pixie – Great, great comment.<br />It has inspired me to write more on spirituality.<br />Thank you!<br /><br />@ Talon – The problem is that the church has turned from being the spiritual shepherd into being a money making business and religion has become just a corrupted business tool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577023239841176697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-69327880706912993022009-08-07T07:38:43.802-07:002009-08-07T07:38:43.802-07:00Spirituality and religion are not married in my li...Spirituality and religion are not married in my life, but seem to be completely entwined in general.<br /><br />At least science continues to search for answers.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-16108506011933646412009-08-07T00:36:40.967-07:002009-08-07T00:36:40.967-07:00Actually - a friend of mine posed an interesting q...Actually - a friend of mine posed an interesting question regarding your point about would we change our ways if we knew definately that God existed.<br /><br />We all kind of assumed that you meant a beneavolent God, but what if the God that showed up was Shiva or Zeus or even the Old Testament God - ready for some good old fashioned smiting of the unbeliever? If God arrived and had some very definite ideas how we should behave then that brings a whole new dimension to the equation.<br /><br />They often say that science and religion are mutually exclusive (God himself said "I refuse to prove i exist, for proof denies faith and without faith i am nothing" - though the Scientologists seem to be intent on providing that "proof")<br /><br />Science looks for answers why thing exist - but if they found a chemical explanation for why we have a soul would that make it any less unique or special?<br /><br />I do agree that we are in a spiritual crisis - I think because we've isolated ourselves from the world we were meant for (IE hunting, eating and procreating) we can feel confused by a world that is ever more experienced from a computer, but i don't agree that science is necessarily the enemy - it may actually set us free to explore the spiritual and who knows, maybe one day Science will provide final proof that there IS a God??Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-86043685034972704592009-08-06T22:58:41.653-07:002009-08-06T22:58:41.653-07:00As always, you have written a thoughtful and (for ...As always, you have written a thoughtful and (for me, at least) logically-stated post. <br />A few days ago I installed <a href="http://www.scoutle.com/en/" rel="nofollow">Scoutle</a> on my blog after seeing it at YogaforCynics. Evidently, it scours the blogosphere for blogs similar to your own. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that it's tied me with a few atheist blogs, because I believe in God. It's my rants against organized religion, especially fundamentalism, that have placed me in that category (it brought YogaforCynics up also). You might want to try it and see what transpires, in light of your final paragraph!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427374210457804451.post-58347208164644833922009-08-06T19:54:06.444-07:002009-08-06T19:54:06.444-07:00BOH says: You don’t need love, gratitude, toleran...<i>BOH says: You don’t need love, gratitude, tolerance, generosity or any of the BS meditation crap anymore because according to them happiness comes in a pill</i>.<br /><br />I don't believe that. Why take a pill when you <a href="http://machineslikeus.com/news/video-why-psychology-good" rel="nofollow">can get happiness for free</a>? Besides that, emotions and how people react with each other are both grounded in our evolutionary makeup of key importance in <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Ape-in-the-Corner-Office/Richard-Conniff/e/9781415928561" rel="nofollow">business strategy</a>.<br /><br /><i>BOH says: Until that coherent new understanding will arise people like me will be considered nut jobs, heretics, quacks, charlatans, ego maniacs, schizophrenic, freaks</i>.<br /><br />Well, the human mind generates many delusions and fantasies, even for atheists. Sometimes my mind, for instance, gets a great new idea about how to do something but then it all falls apart under further scrutiny. I feel a great sense of liberation whenever I shatter my own self delusions, almost like I'm no longer bogged down by something based in fantasy. Rule of thumb, most great ideas that occur are probably delusions, but every once in a while a jackpot great idea comes along that actually works, and that is as sweet as honeycomb.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.com