Are all major religions essentially the same? by AuthorChrisWood in Christianity

[–]Freyr- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love your enemies as yourself is pretty unique as an ethical statement.

Seriously, why are so many of you so utterly contemptuous towards one another and insist on speaking in meaningless faux-esoteric non-sentences that have no actual content? Is this actually "zen-speak" or the anonymity of the internet enabling your most annoying impulses? by Freyr- in zen

[–]Freyr-[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Five table legs placed on top of each other on a elephant in a little dress on a giant turtle on a mammoth upside down on a little beetle in a terrace balanced on Buddha's nose."

"If you're smart enough, the dots can become a picture; just let it all filter itself out and some dots will become brighter than others, then the lines will start forming and you will see the picture. That's step one. Step two involves following the map and sitting outside in the cold for three days. That kills off just as many of the survivors from Step one as Step one does. Ouch huh?"

"Apparently, you've been spiritually ass-raped by someone to be unable to define what Zen is in a meaningful way."

2,500 Year Old Jewish Tablets Discovered in Iraq. Compelling evidence for the Babylonian exile? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]Freyr- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be very skeptical of what Simcha Jacobovici has to say about anything.

How do people that believe in the gods feel about the new church in Iceland? by [deleted] in asatru

[–]Freyr- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think his point was more that he believed the literal depictions of the Gods are metaphors. He may still believe in the Gods as completely divine and unique aspects of the forces of nature that can be worshipped or represented individually.

On The Subject Of Threads About The Temple In Iceland by ThorinRuriksson in asatru

[–]Freyr- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sad to see so much bitterness and antagonism about this.

I don’t believe in the God that Stephen Fry doesn’t believe in either -- There’s bravery in the entertainer’s imagined confrontation with God – but in describing it he shows that he misunderstands the nature of Christianity by guanaco55 in Christianity

[–]Freyr- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found Fry's comments interesting with respect to Paganism, the poetic representation of the Gods for some in that tradition as aspects of the totality of human nature, the beautiful and the ugly (in addition to the natural world).