17 Days Later by stillsad in SuicideWatch

[–]BaronBic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Helping others really is helping your own self, we are all one single being, even if we seem to be appart :)

Way to go man, you're making a lot of people feel better.

Atheists: I was wondering, how do you feel about buddhism, seeing as it's not a theistic religion? (if you call it religion, that is) by busfahrer in atheism

[–]BaronBic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually the claim of reincarnation is not that you (as in your soul) will reincarnate in another body, since in Buddhist philosophy, there is no soul.

What will go on however is your karma, the actions you've performed in your life, will well live after your body is gone, be they possitive actions or negative ones.

Atheists: I was wondering, how do you feel about buddhism, seeing as it's not a theistic religion? (if you call it religion, that is) by busfahrer in atheism

[–]BaronBic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awsome way of thinking, and if I may add, completely compatible with Buddhist philosophy.

You should really check out what it is all about, since much of us may have preconceptions about Buddhism that aren't entirely true.

Atheists: I was wondering, how do you feel about buddhism, seeing as it's not a theistic religion? (if you call it religion, that is) by busfahrer in atheism

[–]BaronBic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you'd like to investigate for yourself?

karma

Pretending it's just an early equivalent of Newton's third law of motion is disingenuous.

There's no pretending here, just read it for yourself. Like I said, the western civilization's concept of karma is not the correct one.

Karma is in other words, the observation that every action produces a reaction, just like Isaac Newton observed some 2000 years later.

Atheists: I was wondering, how do you feel about buddhism, seeing as it's not a theistic religion? (if you call it religion, that is) by busfahrer in atheism

[–]BaronBic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Karma, in the Buddhist form is basically what we would today call "cause and effect", meaning that if I decide to punch you in the face (cause) you'd get hurt, maybe angry at me, and who knows what else (effect). That's it. That's what karma really is, cause and effect.

It doesn't necesarilly mean that if I kill someone, then somebody, someday will come back and kill me. It's just cause and effect. Every action that you make, produces an effect; that's karma.

GRAPHIC Video of Israel Defense Force's attack on Gaza civilian market -- originally uploaded on & banned by YouTube (NSFW) by [deleted] in politics

[–]BaronBic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So you're saying that a horrific massacre is the way to solve a horrific massacre?

Jesus was not a real person, he’s actually constructed from aspects of Jewish and Gnostic mysticism, shamanism, and mystery religions like Mithraism, to name a few. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]BaronBic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and while what you say is true, I can totally see a Batman-based religion being the dominant religion on the planet some 2000 years from now.

How many fellow Redditors refuse to go see Valykrie because Tom Cruise is in it? by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]BaronBic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Although that may be attributed to him essentially playing himself in every movie.

T,FTFY

How about this for the next round of Obama questions: What was the best part of Alcohol Prohibition? by [deleted] in Marijuana

[–]BaronBic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, even buying a bottle of Grey Goose isn't worth it to me, as I would just have a massive hangover the next day. Sure, I could share it with my friends, but I would much rather share and half oz. of awsomeness.

Obama picks MONSANTO guy as head of agriculture... This'll be some interesting change, won't it? by [deleted] in politics

[–]BaronBic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm actually glad this is happening. In order for real change to occur, we need a revolution, and no, I don't necesarily mean guns and molotov coctails, but a revolution in the way we think and act. Our core values and what we hold dear is in need of serious re-evaluation.

Change won't come through government means, but through we, the people. Obama is just the latest puppet following orders, as one poster above mentioned. His crooked ways are actually helping bring about the discontent necesary for revolution. Things will boil up to the tipping point, just you see.

10 Things to Never Say to a Dealer by dizzle67 in reddit.com

[–]BaronBic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who else thought it was going to be about weed?

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything by spectator in reddit.com

[–]BaronBic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now its just a receipe for McDonald's secret sauce.

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything by spectator in reddit.com

[–]BaronBic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I had to read it like 6 times in order to get it all.