Hi Matt, It's not plain to me, but so be it (in some cases.)
Marsha On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Matt Kundert wrote: > > Not usually, but it has the same kinds of turns of thought > as other major religions (e.g., reincarnation). If life is > suffering, and nirvana is the "extinguishing" of suffering, I > think the relationship (in some cases, self-established by > adherents) between Buddhism and nihilism should be fairly > plain. > > I'm not talking about refutations: I'm just talking about us > thinking more about the beliefs we keep and their > relationships to other phenomena. Steve's challenge was > about what he called the "religious impulse," which doesn't > seem to care whether you believe in God or not, and so is > something we all must be vigilant of. Steve talked a lot > about Christianity, but since there's another relevant > interest group here, I thought I'd point out that just > because you like Eastern philosophy doesn't mean you > escape the hook Steve was using. > > Matt > >> Matt, >> >> How so? Buddhism doesn't state that everything is meaningless. >> >> Marsha >> >> On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Matt Kundert wrote: >>> >>> Well done. It should give Buddhists something to think about. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>>> The nihilism of the religious is often not recognized as such because >>>> it is often an optimistic sort of nihilism. The promise of the next >>>> world is thought to be the assurance of everything that one could ever >>>> think to hope for. But then, we know how that sort of thinking in the >>>> suicide bomber works out for the rest of us, so even optimistic >>>> nihilism can be something to be concerned about. Religious people who >>>> think that believing in God makes them immune to nihilism and the >>>> nihilism is part of "the atheism problem" should turn to the Bible and >>>> reread Ecclesiastes which has Solomon, son of David and renown for his >>>> wisdom, "Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is >>>> meaningless." Clearly even the Bible demonstrates that that nihilism >>>> is not just a problem for skeptics. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
