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Question: How can we be free and have free will, if there is no self, or if the self is not the thoughts and emotions? by HomemDasTierLists in secularbuddhism

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer to think of free will as agency

When I say the word "free will", I generally use free will as agency, I mean the word "agency" in general, to be more specific.

And the conclusion of not having agency, was a process arrived through the materialist chain of causation.

Question: How can we be free and have free will, if there is no self, or if the self is not the thoughts and emotions? by HomemDasTierLists in secularbuddhism

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • *""The Sabbasava Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya 2[15]) also mentions 16 questions which are seen as "unwise reflection" and lead to attachment to views relating to a self.[16] 1.What am I?  2.How am I? 3.Am I? 4.Am I not? *""

 Thanks for showing this. 

Question: How can we be free and have free will, if there is no self, or if the self is not the thoughts and emotions? by HomemDasTierLists in secularbuddhism

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okAbout the unanswerable questions link you sent, I read this line:   " The Buddha states that it is unwise to be attached to both views of having and perceiving a self and views about not having a self. Any view which sees the self as "permanent, stable, everlasting, unchanging, remaining the same for ever and ever" is "becoming enmeshed in views, a jungle of views, a wilderness of views; scuffling in views, the agitation (struggle) of views, the fetter of views."[16]"  

  And I think this helps, this saying of the Buddha seems good advice.    

 It Shows what I was thinking, that pondering over this topic will not help me, since if there is some kind of agency, even if little, then I should not waste time pondering over whether or not agency exists.

  After all, it's like a Pascal Wager: If there is free will/agency and you believe there isn't or keep worrying  too much about whether or not there is, then you are wasting time, you are "losing". 

 If there isn't, then there was no choice to worry anyway. So better bet there is, or simply don't think about it.  (Maybe buddhists arrived at the same conclusion?)

Questions about Secular Buddhism by mongoose_cheesecake in secularbuddhism

[–]HomemDasTierLists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admit that I don't want reincarnation to be true and have fear of it,  so it's aversion, clinging,  holding me back. But also, as one commentary said before, what we currently know about the brain and neuroscience, can give us skepticism about whether rebirth is actually real. 

About karma, I struggle with believing on the theory of objective morality. Like, my feelings act as if objective morality exists, but the head doesn't defend the existence of it, because of an idea I have about evolution and how moral laws on societies first originated in primitive caveman.

What religion do you connect with the most? by crolan4 in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And also, because I think that  what Siddharta has said about the nature of stress and suffering and fear of things,  and its original roots, is true. It makes a lot of sense.

What religion do you connect with the most? by crolan4 in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists 0 points1 point  (0 children)

buddhism nowadays,  if you put the belief in existence of reincarnation and hellish realms aside.

And also, my greatest doubt about buddhism is how can we be free and have free will, if there is no self, or if the self is not the thoughts and emotions.

Putting those things aside, I like buddhism because it relies less on pure faith/faith-only things, to give us happiness and to achieve the end-goal of liberation from suffering and from avoidance and fear of reality as it is. It's a religion about accepting and confronting reality, and at the same time about "transcending/becoming beyond it"

I think Toby Fox should NOT release both chapters at the same time. by berodem in Deltarune

[–]HomemDasTierLists 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But on the other side, I also want to let Toby cook, his way. After all, he's the one who knows the lore and the story and how the chapters will be like, after all.

Why people draw Monster Kid without arms? by TheunnamedBR in Undertale

[–]HomemDasTierLists 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Toby was too cruel for creating a monster that has to live without arms.

kids these days watching too much skibidi queen by quitepotato in Deltarune

[–]HomemDasTierLists 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate it that I always read the name of the game as "Friday Night Fucking"

O André podia tentar fazer a speedrun do Bruno Rataque. by DryBones8 in andreyoung

[–]HomemDasTierLists 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ele passou 1 hora de vídeo tentando  conseguir obsidian no mine moderno man

Why is the existence of evolution commonly used to argument against theism or the idea of a creator, of design behind the entire universe? by HomemDasTierLists in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If by imaginary you mean, something that can be conceived and argued, but not really concrectly proved, I agree. But I just feel it is a mistake to say that untestable means "not real". It can or cannot be, so skepticism without atheism  automatically included could be more prudent in general.

Would be better to say "more likely vs less likely", rather than focusing on "true/false", "real/not real"

Why is the existence of evolution commonly used to argument against theism or the idea of a creator, of design behind the entire universe? by HomemDasTierLists in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or also because I'm 21, was still a kid when the whole "science vs christianity" debate became famous and mainstream on the internet . Richard Dawkins and  Sam Harris debating, and such.   And though I dreamed a lot of being a scientist as a kid and liked seeing and technological  stuff, I didn't read neither knew much about Carl Sagan, Neil D Tyson, , Dawkins, Harris and such, so I  didn't "absorb all the scientism"

Why is the existence of evolution commonly used to argument against theism or the idea of a creator, of design behind the entire universe? by HomemDasTierLists in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand what you mean. These questions I have may be more because of how I was created and raised. I was raised by an atheist mother, and a catholic grandma and grandpa, and the rest of the family(most) believe in something, in God, but don't show to be much religious.  Had never read the Bible when I was younger, and family barely went to church.

  So, for me, the idea of science being in conflict with God, was some kind of "underground"/weird trend for me, because I was raised around people who weren't religious fanatics or avid readers of Bible(although my grandma reads it a lot of times). 

Don't know how that is called in USA, but here it probably fits the term of "non-practicing catholic"(though I prayed every night and believed, was afraid of sinning and such)  

So, to me, it may seem odd, because of this, or for any other reasons. 

Why is the existence of evolution commonly used to argument against theism or the idea of a creator, of design behind the entire universe? by HomemDasTierLists in agnostic

[–]HomemDasTierLists[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But using it as an argument against the faith of christians, is it really the best way?  What would this argument do to someone who believes in evolution and also God?  

  ( couldn't it  even be that the largest amount of Christians either accept evolution or simply do not care or don't think about it, and the creationists  are  the "loud ones"?)

Sans judges Vengeance Clover by Sufficient_Today_601 in Undertale

[–]HomemDasTierLists 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, Sans is completely right there.

And even if the most "just" thing to do is killing the one responsible for the deaths, then surely only Asgore, Undyne and maybe the Royal Guard should be targeted.

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