Is the secret to life really found in a fortune cookie?

Discussion in 'Eastern Philosophy' started by Why?, Aug 29, 2007.

  1. draqon Banned Banned

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    like life should be taken seriously.
     
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  3. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Life shouldn't be taken seriously. Nevertheless, some good things can't be accomplished unless you take things seriously.
     
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  5. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Oh, that's your point? Buddhism doesn't have the same emphasis on preaching and converting people that most western religions have.
     
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  7. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Easy to tell you're not a follower of Eris.
     
  8. draqon Banned Banned

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    Eris goddess?
     
  9. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Then how come there are so many Asians?
     
  10. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Da.
    Hail Eris.
    Kallisti.
     
  11. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    huh
     
  12. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    If Asians don't like to convert, then how come there are so many freak'in Asians who are under the influence of Eastern philosophy?
     
  13. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Because Asians like the concepts and don't HAVE to be converted?
     
  14. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Who said conversion has to be sold like a cheap suit?
     
  15. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Your ability to consistently miss the point is little short of phenomenal:

    Where does "cheap suit" come into it?

    Buddhism etc. doesn't have as much emphasis on conversion as Western religions.
    The reason so many Asians are Buddhist is because they find it appealing without having to be converted - i.e. they decide of their own free will to become Buddhist.
    Without having hellfire and TV evanglists and doorsteppers trying to convert them.
     
  16. draqon Banned Banned

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    and that is why I follow Buddhism, freedom.
     
  17. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    And we can't take much more of you .
     
  18. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    This is what I meant by selling a cheap suit, i.e. hell and brimstone. You are incorrect in saying that conversion must involve heavy selling. Deciding of your own free will is also a conversion. Therefore, the asians are still being converted.
     
  19. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Why follow anything at all? Wouldn't the most free be the atheists?
     
  20. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    You come up with some lame shit don't you?
     
  21. draqon Banned Banned

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    no, atheist just hide behind not knowing so dont believe in anything.
     
  22. Exhumed Self ******. Registered Senior Member

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    I even think children who get fortune cookies don't think they are a significant representation of eastern philosophy/religion (I didn't). Take them for what they are worth.

    BTW I've never gotten a fortune cookie that said to become enlightened through the most extreme self-denial. Or the one that said "life is suffering". I'd prefer it though.
     
  23. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    I second the notion that this post belongs in the cesspool
     

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