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Dr. Goose · 07-27-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pescifish

Dr. Goose, there is nothing in the OP that suggests to me that the book being written would make fun of Buddhism or the religion depicted in the fantasy novel.

I didn't say anything about the OP. Look at Nero's Boot's other thread on Buddhism. He's one of those people who is so convinced that he's an expert on X that you can't tell him what he's got wrong about X, because he's too busy listening to himself dismiss X as crap.

Nero's Boot · 07-27-2005, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Nero's Boot

...surely, there are other message boards, in English, devoted to discussing Buddhism?

--if not, I despair for the future of the faith, as virtually every other religion has dozens NB

Well, I just joined the e-Sangha.

--ought to be an interesting next few years, discussing Buddhism there

NB

jivatum khantina · 07-27-2005, 09:22 PM

NB, Im a member as well, whats your moniker?

Nero's Boot · 07-28-2005, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jivatum khantina

NB, Im a member as well, whats your moniker?

Nero's Boot.

--it's the only online moniker I go by NB

Nero's Boot · 07-30-2005, 01:05 PM

Anyone else care to help an Infidel out?

--so far, people have been downright hostile to my disbelief in Buddhism NB

perfectbite · 07-30-2005, 01:32 PM

Could it be because you have been like a bull in a china shop?

Nero's Boot · 07-30-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by perfectbite

Could it be because you have been like a bull in a china shop?

I want to learn about your Bronze Age relic of a faith. It's like studying mythology, in many ways.

--it's like a snapshot of a distant and long-gone time; history has always been a favorite study NB

perfectbite · 07-30-2005, 03:21 PM

Nothing of the core of Buddhist thought is fixed in amber. Buddhism is doing in the here and now.

Perhaps in your haste to marginalize Buddhism you have neglected to consider that what you are looking at are the trappings of supernatural belief that accrued not only to Buddhism but to all religious thought with any history but the core of Buddhist belief, not the trappings, whether you believe it or not, is quite as relevant to today's world as it was in that yesterworld.

A good spiritual archeologist would have sorted the wheat from the chaff and looked to see what of the wheat remained in the modern day.

Your quest to uncover Buddhist traditions so that you can definitively define them as pre-historic chaff thereby supporting your fantasy story and confirming your made up mind that Buddhism is nothing but chaff qualifies you as a day tripper, not as a serious seeker of truth. You give no respect, you get no respect.

premjan · 07-30-2005, 11:19 PM

I think Buddhism is iron age not bronze age.

Nero's Boot · 07-31-2005, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by premjan

I think Buddhism is iron age not bronze age.

You have a point.

--Iron Age religions are still just as obsolete as they were a hundred years ago NB

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07-27-2005, 09:22 PM	#13
jivatum khantina Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 78	NB, Im a member as well, whats your moniker?

07-30-2005, 01:05 PM	#15
Nero's Boot Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,234	Anyone else care to help an Infidel out? --so far, people have been downright hostile to my disbelief in Buddhism NB

07-30-2005, 01:32 PM	#16
perfectbite Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: N. California Posts: 3,127	Could it be because you have been like a bull in a china shop?

07-30-2005, 03:21 PM	#18
perfectbite Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: N. California Posts: 3,127	Nothing of the core of Buddhist thought is fixed in amber. Buddhism is doing in the here and now. Perhaps in your haste to marginalize Buddhism you have neglected to consider that what you are looking at are the trappings of supernatural belief that accrued not only to Buddhism but to all religious thought with any history but the core of Buddhist belief, not the trappings, whether you believe it or not, is quite as relevant to today's world as it was in that yesterworld. A good spiritual archeologist would have sorted the wheat from the chaff and looked to see what of the wheat remained in the modern day. Your quest to uncover Buddhist traditions so that you can definitively define them as pre-historic chaff thereby supporting your fantasy story and confirming your made up mind that Buddhism is nothing but chaff qualifies you as a day tripper, not as a serious seeker of truth. You give no respect, you get no respect.

07-30-2005, 11:19 PM	#19
premjan Obsessed Contributor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 61,538	I think Buddhism is iron age not bronze age.

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