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Rational BAC · 06-08-2003, 07:37 PM

Come to think of it I can't ever remember any humongous 6 foot tall Buddhist vaginas being paraded down the street for veneration. -----Perhaps the Buddhists are all male chauvinist piglets?
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(But maybe I missed that part--------hard to actually mount a gigantic vagina on a rolling platform and be somewhat realistic.)

Of course I was, at the oldest, only 12 at the time and probably did not know what a vagina looked like anyway. And certainly not a 6 foot tall one.

Just throwing this one in from my almost forgotten and dissolute youth.

Yellum Notnef · 06-08-2003, 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by Rational BAC
The one thing I got out of Buddhism as a very young army brat living on base and off base in Japan--------was that Buddha was a very fat and very horny old fart. And for that I praise him. And we all should emulate him. Vive le fat ----- Vive humongous peckers. And that is all you need to know about Buddhism that is really worthwhile at all.

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Abel Stable Just throwing this one in from my almost forgotten and dissolute youth.

Thanks a bunch.

And thanks for showing us that you know even less about other religions than you do of your own. I didn't think it was possible but apparently it is. Bravo.:notworthy

Rational BAC · 06-08-2003, 07:54 PM

Just checked the poll. --------------------- Buddhism winning by a landslide.

I always wanted a 6 foot pecker too. Unfortunately, mine, as a Christian, is somewhat smaller and I am circumsized --so would never make a proper Buddhist

(Not real wild about the Buddha belly though. Supposedly bad for your health and all that. )

Entropic_Gnosis · 06-08-2003, 08:07 PM

last i checked on old Siddhartha he was the really thin guy with the huge earlobes. And while i am neither indian nor in possession of huge earlobes i am thin so buddhism for me. well i also happen to be something of a buddhist anyway, so it makes sense.

cjack · 06-08-2003, 08:18 PM

I went with buddhism, too.

IIRC, buddhism (particularly Zen) is more a way of life than a way of buying a ticket to heaven.

That, and the fact that buddhists seem to be the only major religious group that actually lives up to the ideal of peace that every other religion preaches.

Abel Stable · 06-08-2003, 08:23 PM

Rational, did you watch some "Strange But True" tv documentary show & think that it encompassed all the forms of Buddhism? You're so deft at rational conclusions. Sure, we're all fond of phallic-worshipping, circumcising, poison drinking, speaking in tongues, drinking blood....oh, religious diversity is so fun and colorful!

NonHomogenized · 06-08-2003, 08:55 PM

Hmmm... if I were to suddenly go crazy enough to become religious, I think I'd have to go with the Norse pantheon (Asatru). It sounds like fun, and if I'm gonna be nuts, I'm damn well gonna enjoy it.

Plus, as afterlives go, Hel sounds okay, and Valhalla sounds fun (if a bit less interesting to get to in modern times)

Opera Nut · 06-08-2003, 08:58 PM

RatBac, your amount of misinformation about Buddhism is truly stupefying. I'm practically in a coma, or laughing my ass off. I agree with Fenton Mulley about your boundless ignorance of other religions. Concepts like non-violent, non-psychotic, kind, loving gods and goddesses can be pretty hard to grasp, eh??

Furthermore, you're indulging a common male fantasy of imagining, without knowing, that all women love men with huge penises.

Have you ever actually asked a REAL FEMALE what THEY like sexually? Or what kind of man and what factors they like?

Well, I got news for you. I would run like hell the other way if some guys got close to me with big telephone poles. It would be impossible, painful, brutal and not sexy, etc. In fact, I once dated a handsome 6-foot-2 guy with a dick the size and shape of my forearm. For the record, my forearm is: 9 inches long, 10 inches around at the base and 6 inches around at the wrist. Sex would have been impossible.

Any woman that wants a really big dick is probably close to six feet tall and big boned and just plain huge.

The two things that men worry about the most are the two things that really don't matter to a woman of substance:
Baldness and penis size.

Those fantasies are really tiresome to some of us females.
And we don't care what kind of a car you drive, how much money you make, or how much you intimidate other males in the alpha male contest known as modern society.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

The Hindus worship a large oval stone called a lingam, which is a phallic symbol but not nearly as obviously phallic as the ones the ancient Romans had sitting around, those are known as "herms". Women would walk by and rub them for fertility.

There is also the female symbol called a yoni. Tantric sex is about the holy union of the yoni and lingam.

Furthermore, Buddha is an enlightened guy who purified Hinduism of its more superstitious aspects, and said "Here is what I have learned. The Middle Way, avoiding extremes, is the way I have found that works for me." He is not worshiped as a god. His teachings are studied, and those of his later disciples, as examples of how to think and understand yourself and the world.

There are five or more main schools of Buddhism, such as theravada, mahayana, diamond way, pure land, tantra, tibetan and zen, but they don't fight among themselves and work with each other. At my local Mahayana Buddhist temple, I have checked out books and magazines (like Tricycle) that deal with all forms of Buddhism. Perhaps you should read the works of Robert Thurman and the Dalai Lama.

Besides, you do not have to believe in god to be a Buddhist, which also helps me feel like a person with some control of their life. Buddhism is about control of emotions and attachments. I don't feel like God shames me or thinks I am a useless bit of dust that he created merely to send me to Hell.

The Dalai Lama can sit up without the aid of a piece of rebar stuck up his ass, unlike the Pope!

Nowhere357 · 06-08-2003, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by trekbette

Zen Taoism, because it can be massaged into a complete and consistent worldview, from what I've seen. And this btw would cause no changes in my life - and I'm not really sure it should classify as a religion, more like a philosophy.

Buddhism was a close second. I just love that guy. I especially agree with his comments on organized religion...

wade-w · 06-08-2003, 10:18 PM

I was a buddhist when I was in high school. If I lost my senses and became religious, I hope I'd go back to that. It is the least dogmatic religion I know of. Most sects don't even have anything close to a deity. I've never heard of anyone starting a war for the glory of the buddha, or killing over doctrinal differences. To most forms of buddhism I am familiar with, there is no "One True Way". Instead, you are encouraged to find your own answers.

The main reason I am no longer a buddhist is that I can't accept reincarnation, and buddhism is ultimately pointless without that.

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06-08-2003, 07:37 PM	#11
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Come to think of it I can't ever remember any humongous 6 foot tall Buddhist vaginas being paraded down the street for veneration. -----Perhaps the Buddhists are all male chauvinist piglets? \ (But maybe I missed that part--------hard to actually mount a gigantic vagina on a rolling platform and be somewhat realistic.) Of course I was, at the oldest, only 12 at the time and probably did not know what a vagina looked like anyway. And certainly not a 6 foot tall one. Just throwing this one in from my almost forgotten and dissolute youth.

06-08-2003, 07:54 PM	#13
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Just checked the poll. --------------------- Buddhism winning by a landslide. I always wanted a 6 foot pecker too. Unfortunately, mine, as a Christian, is somewhat smaller and I am circumsized --so would never make a proper Buddhist (Not real wild about the Buddha belly though. Supposedly bad for your health and all that. )

06-08-2003, 08:07 PM	#14
Entropic_Gnosis Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Library Posts: 372	last i checked on old Siddhartha he was the really thin guy with the huge earlobes. And while i am neither indian nor in possession of huge earlobes i am thin so buddhism for me. well i also happen to be something of a buddhist anyway, so it makes sense.

06-08-2003, 08:18 PM	#15
cjack Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,294	I went with buddhism, too. IIRC, buddhism (particularly Zen) is more a way of life than a way of buying a ticket to heaven. That, and the fact that buddhists seem to be the only major religious group that actually lives up to the ideal of peace that every other religion preaches.

06-08-2003, 08:23 PM	#16
Abel Stable Regular Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 356	Rational, did you watch some "Strange But True" tv documentary show & think that it encompassed all the forms of Buddhism? You're so deft at rational conclusions. Sure, we're all fond of phallic-worshipping, circumcising, poison drinking, speaking in tongues, drinking blood....oh, religious diversity is so fun and colorful!

06-08-2003, 08:55 PM	#17
NonHomogenized Veteran Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: no longer at IIDB Posts: 1,644	Hmmm... if I were to suddenly go crazy enough to become religious, I think I'd have to go with the Norse pantheon (Asatru). It sounds like fun, and if I'm gonna be nuts, I'm damn well gonna enjoy it. Plus, as afterlives go, Hel sounds okay, and Valhalla sounds fun (if a bit less interesting to get to in modern times)

06-08-2003, 08:58 PM	#18
Opera Nut Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,671	RatBac, your amount of misinformation about Buddhism is truly stupefying. I'm practically in a coma, or laughing my ass off. I agree with Fenton Mulley about your boundless ignorance of other religions. Concepts like non-violent, non-psychotic, kind, loving gods and goddesses can be pretty hard to grasp, eh?? Furthermore, you're indulging a common male fantasy of imagining, without knowing, that all women love men with huge penises. Have you ever actually asked a REAL FEMALE what THEY like sexually? Or what kind of man and what factors they like? Well, I got news for you. I would run like hell the other way if some guys got close to me with big telephone poles. It would be impossible, painful, brutal and not sexy, etc. In fact, I once dated a handsome 6-foot-2 guy with a dick the size and shape of my forearm. For the record, my forearm is: 9 inches long, 10 inches around at the base and 6 inches around at the wrist. Sex would have been impossible. Any woman that wants a really big dick is probably close to six feet tall and big boned and just plain huge. The two things that men worry about the most are the two things that really don't matter to a woman of substance: Baldness and penis size. Those fantasies are really tiresome to some of us females. And we don't care what kind of a car you drive, how much money you make, or how much you intimidate other males in the alpha male contest known as modern society. Sorry to burst your bubble. The Hindus worship a large oval stone called a lingam, which is a phallic symbol but not nearly as obviously phallic as the ones the ancient Romans had sitting around, those are known as "herms". Women would walk by and rub them for fertility. There is also the female symbol called a yoni. Tantric sex is about the holy union of the yoni and lingam. Furthermore, Buddha is an enlightened guy who purified Hinduism of its more superstitious aspects, and said "Here is what I have learned. The Middle Way, avoiding extremes, is the way I have found that works for me." He is not worshiped as a god. His teachings are studied, and those of his later disciples, as examples of how to think and understand yourself and the world. There are five or more main schools of Buddhism, such as theravada, mahayana, diamond way, pure land, tantra, tibetan and zen, but they don't fight among themselves and work with each other. At my local Mahayana Buddhist temple, I have checked out books and magazines (like Tricycle) that deal with all forms of Buddhism. Perhaps you should read the works of Robert Thurman and the Dalai Lama. Besides, you do not have to believe in god to be a Buddhist, which also helps me feel like a person with some control of their life. Buddhism is about control of emotions and attachments. I don't feel like God shames me or thinks I am a useless bit of dust that he created merely to send me to Hell. The Dalai Lama can sit up without the aid of a piece of rebar stuck up his ass, unlike the Pope!

06-08-2003, 10:18 PM	#20
wade-w Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Silver City, New Mexico Posts: 1,872	I was a buddhist when I was in high school. If I lost my senses and became religious, I hope I'd go back to that. It is the least dogmatic religion I know of. Most sects don't even have anything close to a deity. I've never heard of anyone starting a war for the glory of the buddha, or killing over doctrinal differences. To most forms of buddhism I am familiar with, there is no "One True Way". Instead, you are encouraged to find your own answers. The main reason I am no longer a buddhist is that I can't accept reincarnation, and buddhism is ultimately pointless without that.

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