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To: Solitar
"I have no problem with your picking on people's beliefs, but what are your's so we can pick on them too?"

Theravadan Pantheist

Well, no picking from me. I accept the divinity of Christ but I also respect Theravada Buddhists very much.

I'm not quite sure how pantheism fits, though. I thought there was no theism in Buddhism. Am I wrong, or is this your own personal adaptation?

187 posted on 12/30/2006 9:48:04 PM PST by SupplySider
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To: SupplySider

Fun religious term of the day;

"Mono-poly-pantheistic-animistic-pagan"

[and yes, you have to sing that to the 'Mary Poppins' tune]


191 posted on 12/30/2006 9:53:35 PM PST by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: SupplySider
Well, no picking from me. I accept the divinity of Christ but I also respect Theravada Buddhists very much.

Thank you for respecting Theravada Buddhists. My understanding is that school does not stress the rituals and rigamarole of later schools. It is the closest to the original teachings of Buddha.

I'm not quite sure how pantheism fits, though. I thought there was no theism in Buddhism. Am I wrong, or is this your own personal adaptation?

I've grown from being raised a Catholic, to being more of a Deist, to more a Pantheist, and now am working on understanding Theravada Buddhism. Thus my answer of being a Theravadan Pantheist -- of the naturalist or cosmic variety of pantheism where we and every sentient being is a portion of a "God" quite different from the Judeo/Christian/Islamic God.

215 posted on 12/31/2006 11:34:04 AM PST by Solitar ("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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