Posted on 01/06/2014 4:32:13 PM PST by markomalley
It didn't take long for the "atheist church" to succumb to in-fighting. It seems they can't even agree on whether to use the word "atheism." From CNN:
The world’s most voguish - though not its only - atheist church opened last year in London, to global attention and abundant acclaim.
So popular was the premise, so bright the promise, that soon the Sunday Assembly was ready to franchise, branching out into cities such as New York, Dublin and Melbourne.
“It’s a way to scale goodness,” declared Sanderson Jones, a standup comic and co-founder of The Sunday Assembly, which calls itself a “godless congregation.”
But nearly as quickly as the Assembly spread, it split, with New York City emerging as organized atheism’s Avignon.
In October, three former members of Sunday Assembly NYC announced the formation of a breakaway group called Godless Revival.
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One difference is in yoga, one should not meditate while defecating, whereas in Buddhism, one should continue to medidate even if one has to defecate.
Meditation is one of a number of practices absorbed by Buddhism from Brahmism. There seems to be a different goal for the meditation.
The point is to be one with everything.
Buddhist goes to Pizza Parlour:
“Make me One, with Everything!”
1. Good Lord, that is SO India, yoga and Buddha!
2. Yes, so I read. But I do think that meditation was world wide. The American Indians mediated...with the help of their "funny" smoke.
I think many cultures' "wise" men and women did that...with help from funny fumes, wacky weeds and mystic mushrooms. Those were the tools of their trade.
John Allegro wrote that the Gospel of Mark was an esoteric book that explained how to use Aminita Muscaria (fly agaric) mushrooms in support of mystic practices.
“The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross”.
He asserted that the uninitiated bought the cover story and created Christianity. If so, there would be a lot less kick to the communion wafers than originally.
I will be here all night! Try the veal!
Even with Ethel Merman, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr?
Nooooooooooooooooo!
"Great, well, I don't believe in God either."
"Yeah, but I don't believe in God BETTER than you!"
"Fight's on!"
Christians have their doctrinal differences, to be sure - oh, well, there was the Thirty Years' War thingy - but it's hard to grasp a doctrine consisting of non-belief coming into conflict with another. Perhaps it's a matter of "We don't believe in God and you should stir your tea clockwise" coming into conflict with "We don't believe in God and you should stir your tea counter-clockwise", but I'm more inclined to suspect the real doctrinal difference is between "We don't believe in God and you should send us money" and "We don't believe in God and you should send us money." That isn't exactly Luther's theses on the door but for this degenerate age it'll do.
“Make me One, with Everything!”
The guy at the counter says, "Okay, that'll be $15." Buddha hands him a $20, which the cashier puts into the till.
After a few minutes, Buddha finally asks, "Where is my change?"
The cashier smiles and says, "Change must come from within."
Children playing at things they can not understand..
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