I am a Buddhist and if anyone wants to question my beliefs then they are welcome to do so...

What annoys me is the implication that Buddhism is real, where Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Science are all illusion.

If you said "of all the religions Buddhism is the most meaningful to me" I would be Ok with that. After all, different people find comfort or meaning or insight from different philosophies.

But that isn't what is being said here. The message I am getting is that Buddhism leads you to the real truth and that all other religions and ways of thinking including science are just an illusion. For the record, I get equally annoyed when Christians or Muslims make equal claims of superiority.

It is the superiority complex that is annoying.

It's only superior if you believe that you are dreaming... if not then it is inferior or it should be to you... your last two posts are emotional and in error.

Try not to be so defensive... you believe Buddhism is wrong... ok... chill-out.

. . . . If you try hard enough...you can "discover" that Zeus actually exists.... .

Your philosophy is that everything is a guess...

So, the guess that Buddhism is correct is just a likely as the guess you make that it is incorrect...

...therefore it is just as likely that Buddhism is correct, so what are you so concerned about? You should have an open mind about it instead of being so defensive and confrontational... not much of a personal philosophy... if you can't practice what you preach.

Also, if I say I know something, you can only guess that I don't know because I might know and you couldn't know it.

Frank Apisa wrote:

. . . . If you try hard enough...you can "discover" that Zeus actually exists.... .

Zeus actually does exist, Frank, under an assumed name.

You are the one with the closed mind.

Frank Apisa wrote:

You are the one with the closed mind.

You can't know that I am the one with the closed mind, as you only guess... according to you it is just as likely that I am not closed minded... you should have said... using your philosophy,... 'you may be close minded and you may not be close minded either are equally possible.' According to your philosophy... as you didn't you are not practicing your own philosophy.

Your personality shows with every post (almost) that you can't follow your own philosophy... you just preach it at others.

For that reason your philosophy is useless because even you can't practice it.

You are the one with the closed mind.

You've gone off the tracks, igm.

Try to pull things together...

You have no idea of my personal philosophy...and your attempts to guess it are laughable.

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Where have I suggested you have a closed mind? You said I had one.

Frank Apisa wrote:

You are the one with the closed mind.

You should be a laughing stock Frank... with your tricks etc... you tell everyone they can't know and that it must be a guess, whilst all the while telling them you 'know' things about their personality and beliefs. You aren't practicing what you preach and worst still, you'll say anything and make up anything and use every trick in the book when you're questioned on it.

How do you know I'm close minded as you assert in the quote above? Why isn't it just a guess?

Let's ask the same about these... how do you 'know' these assertions are true and not a guess?

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Frank Apisa wrote:


You've gone off the tracks, igm.

Try to pull things together..

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...you must guess and cannot know anything.. yet you constantly say you know things about other people and their beliefs. Therefore your philosophy is useless because even you cannot practice it.

You have no idea of my personal philosophy...and your attempts to guess it are laughable.

Frank Apisa wrote:

You have no idea of my personal philosophy...and your attempts to guess it are laughable.

I've got some idea. I know it involves ducks and roller skates.

I have photographs.

Stick to guessing Frank... and always remember... most of your guesses will be wrong... and you'll never know which ones... I'll let you continue with your dream.