You know why Christianity is so big: because the Bible (as far is the prose goes) is not attributed to anyone in particular. It’s easy to point to L. Ron Hubbard, or Joseph Smith and say, “that guys clearly full of shit”
It’s much harder to talk some sense into someone when they believe that their bible was written by god. Props to whoever decided to make the bibles creation so mysterious. They figured out that not having an official "author" is the key ingredient to forming a cult.
@georgel19841 I respect every faith... (I'm Buddhist) and IF one out of all the 1000 gods from every faith happens to be real, then I'll se him/her in hell...
@VexonCross Because 'things randomly happen' doesn't need an all powerful daddy in the sky that makes those decisions. Though more accurately it should be 'Things JUST happen'. As almost everything has a series of events leading up to it. Random would be an elephant suddenly deciding to migrate to the north pole. A series of events, would instead send that elephant to a different part of his own habitat for new plants to eat.
Herbie Hancock is a Soka Gakkai member, which is like the Buddhist scientology of Japan (though, I wouldn't say it's quite as culty as scienotology; it's just leaning towards being a cult). That's why he has no idea about the Buddha's life--he's not a real Buddhist. The Buddha's death is a pretty famous in most countries that are to some extent Buddhist.
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I can sum up any religion in the world! They are cults moron, get away from them. There are no good cults, and only really stupid cultists. Like Catholics, Protestants, Baptists and yes whatever religion you happen to be. You are a cultist, and all cultists are morons.
just quick info, there are different sects of buddhism, buddhism as a religion where they worship buddha as a god, and buddhism as a way of life in which they are atheist but spiritualist and believe in reincarnation, they have specific names for their groups but im too lazy to look them up and post them right now :p
that guy on the panel didn't seem very knowledgable on buddhism for being a buddhist....i've only taken a buddhism class in school and i feel like i know more about it
@sdub67 You mean Herbie Hancock ??? Do you even listen to music ? Of course, this has nothing to do with his religious beliefs or his interpretations about them, but even IF you learned more in school than this guy in a lifetime (which I doubt), he's certainly worth listening to because he's a genius in his particular field. Are you a genius ?
@robandre1 The Japanese weren't Buddhist during World War II. The government encouraged a type of Shintoism that focused on emperor worship as a means of making people more patriotic. So, Shintoism had direct government ties (priests were government employees). And, it became the de facto state religion. Do you know what you're talking about at all? (You comment also seems to imply that you don't understand why and how Japan doesn't have an army)
@robandre1 Actually, most japanese follow shintoism (the belief that the Emperor and his family is descended from the Sun Goddess herself.) and that´s why during the WWII, all other religions were forbidden and abolished in Japan. Also, no war was EVER fought in the name of Buddhism. There was never a conflict "justified" by their scriptures, unlike Christianity in general, islamism, Judaism and etc. Basically no one ever said, "it´s our duty as Buddhists to go there and kill some people!
The head of the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple in Australia told me personally that the Buddha knew all things past, present and future. That is not a philosophy, that is religious faith.
You can not sum up nichiren buddhism in 4 minutes. Nichiren Buddhism comes down to the heart. The practice is for everyone's indestructible happiness that is already inherent in everyone's life. The mission of this practice is about World Peace.
The Buddha supposedly died of an illness, some speculate he may have eaten something bad and therefore fell ill, but he was already quite aged at the time.
People who don't know anything about Buddhism should not attempt to expand upon it, such as the woman in this clip. To even attempt to synthesize the Eastern with the Western wisdom traditions is intellectual suicide. Traditions such as Buddhism and Taoism are universes away from Christianity ontologically, epistemologically, ethically, scientifically. The world is a completely different place when viewed through the eyes of a buddhist as opposed to a Christian.
Buddism and Hinduism need to be studied more in the western world. if people knew more about peaceful eastern philosophies they would be less inclined to join stupid religions such as Christianity
@blueskkky0 all religion is stupid, you big fucking ethno-religious idiot. if there is an afterlife, i hope its christopher hitchens teaching you how stupid you are.
@Claronium780 When that belief makes one compromise the value of human life by promoting mysogyny, homophobia, racism, greed, lack of critical analysis and narcissistic self-promotion, in lieu of all empiricial social, psychological, political and historical evidence which proves the dangers of BLIND FAITH...then yeah, I'd say your fuckin' crazy. If your "Almighty God" wants to do so much good why doesn't "He" just do it instead of relying on "His" inheritantly flawed creations?
@Claronium780 What good has come out of organized religion which is inherent only to its practices and origins? I'm confident that when our species was learning to navigate the world and developing our cognitive abilities through experience, that hunter-gatherers would have learned the importance of empathy, goodwill, hard work, sacrifice, committment and integrity as they went along, interracting with other groups until they became communities which needed to organize strong societal boundaries
@aquababie07 Also, I'm not an atheist, I'm an anti-theist. I believe application of the arts, humanties, "hard" and "theoretical" sciences, history and other disciplines which enrich the human experience, and also don't exclude other parties just because they're different than me and I don't like them. Organized religion is just as much a threat to our species as any incurable virus-Except you have to choose to remain contaminated.
@Jinda89 that was the definition provided in the latin-english dictionary at my school. Then again, that learn me for trusting a state school resource...
@namasteywhat They're ALL batshit...whether it's the "Magic Underpants" ,the "Aliens",the "Dead Jew" with multiple personalities..."go to the front of the line & collect your 72 virgins"..."god said this was our promised land & we're gonna kill everyone until it is"
I'm not, it's just that Christianity is the religion I know the most about, including it's flaws. I know that religion was necessary in order to take us this far as a species, but it's about time we move past it. It's doing alot more harm than good and it's been that way for centuries now.
@namasteywhat Which? Every religion I've looked into. No, not all of them. It's possible, though not probable, that there's one out there that's true.
No I'm not an authority on any religion. But like I said, you don't have to dig too deep.
@Klaaaan1 Tough to dispute belief in one God gets people pulling the one direction - obvious joke here. This does mean it is a good direction. The monotheistic desert religions claim to one God is impugned by each being different enough to allow them to kill each other, even within the same sect. Also, "faith gives... strength to get through great adversities... that one with out faith would not be able to do." Great adversity, yes. Just cause, not necessarily. 911. Delusions can be dangerous.
I envy those who have faith and can believe in a a super natural being, cause the true believer looks foward to the future and that faith gives the true believer the strength to get through great adversities that one with out faith would not be able to do. The true believer's in Christ built this country and made it the super power it is today. I'm not a believer, but history shows that faith in one God gets every one pulling in the same direction.
@jeremyc311709 I don't think anyone should advocate the death of another human being just because you disagree with their views and/or opinions. I think you should decide whether you make that comment out of anger or out of pure hatred of another who disagree with you? It is people like yourself who think in this context that are bringing on the hate and those like Bill who is doing the correct thing putting them on notice. Wishing someone dead or they should die for a childish reason is sick.
@Karma2Die4 Bill Maher and other leftists like him who are so warped in the head with liberalism are the destruction of my beloved United States. They are the cancer of this nation so yes, I do wish death upon one so sick as Maher.
@jeremyc311709 Your beloved United States? Wake up buddy, North America only belongs to a few and I will go on record to say that you and yours do not own this continent. I am a liberal and I wear my liberalism like a badge of honor and for those who do not like that fact can kiss BILL'S ASS, to include yourself and others like yourself. We LIBERALS are sick and tired of the hate mongers attempting to take this country over, that will never happen again and you can take that to the bank...
I'm glad that most people I talk to nowadays are open to idea that they could be wrong. They still have their faith(which is completely fine with me) and they keep it to themselves. But for the most part they admit it's an unknowable. The religious debate has shifted and is more open today. And it is the fundamentalists who claim to know EVERYTHING that are looking out of touch. I'm only 21 so the people I talk to are pretty open minded, but it's progress nonetheless.
Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist at the same time generally. Shintoism is a polytheistic faith, so there are basically times when they are Buddhists and times when they are shinto. The two get along well side-by-side.
I see religion a bit like language, in that you get imprinted with it at a young age, and most people don't change either very much. If that's true, and your beliefs result from who raised you, and who raised you is pretty much a result of chance (you don't choose your parents!), and differing religions are typically incompatible...then we should probably be careful about taking any religion too seriously except in ways that decrease human suffering.
its too bad the media doesent portray any religion in its CORRECT and authentic form, so everything gets made fun of....hey i guess thats the idea for comedians, is to make fun of everything. sad but you can only pray that they be guided bfore they peace out.
I love Herbie but a political debate program really isn't his place.
I saw an interview of him about his buddhism, to him Buddhism is just an open state of mind that helps him with his music. It probably isn't really a religion to him, the fact he couldn't tell how Buddha died should tell enough.
Well, I think some people who label themselves Buddhist connect to some or all of the philosophy and or cultural heritage of it. Of those who do believe in its spirituality, many do not believe in a deity or even a higher power.
I'm tired of people trying to personify god as if it's a radio or t.v. personality, because what we see, touch, taste hear and the things we smell must be the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Sorry if it's getting to far out for you atheists but if you think that the universe started from a number before 0 out of a "god" element which is essentially the theory to date I think we are talking about the same shit
@alexworksfromhome99 dude what we sence is NOT the thurth, far form it, nearly everything out eye's tell us is wrong. the last half of your comment doesnt even make sence, get educated
Saying that atheism is a religion is kind of like saying anarchism is a political movement. Defining it that way usually implies your resistance to, or antagonism with it.
Actually, if you just make a point to study logic and reason, all the dumb shit found in and about religion (including religion itself) gets cut out, but you retain all the good stuff. Logic and reason is awesome, but thinking takes effort. It's not just a state of being.
Bill says he preaches the "gospel of I don't know", but sometimes he seems so sure that there is no God that he looks sounds like an extremist. The difference is that he condemns you not to hell, but to lunacy.
Herbie is musical genius. He was trying to have a nice debate but he just wouldn't listen. It's not polite to call a guy like him "batshit" because he does not agree with your religious point of view (and atheism is a religious point of view)
Herbie is lost there a little. Practice is tradition, not religion. Religious routine is just a way for humans to find comfort in the order of things. God - if there was one wouldn't give a crap about whether you wear a tie to church or not.
I agree with Bill on religion but he needs to give it a rest. these religious crazies cannot be reached. He would get more viewers if he just stuck to the political policies analysis
It's difficult to fathom that someone that is as intelligent as Holmes would think that the science is not settled on AGW. Citing every single talking point of denialist rhetoric.
To those interested;Hancock is in a sect of Buddhism based on the Lotus sutra as explained by Nichiren Diashonin from the 1200's Japan.The practice strictly based on the mystic law of cause and effect and the Daishonin taught that killing any human for any reason WRONG period.During world war2 layman leader was jailed by Shinto based gov't and he died in jail refusing to follow military b.s. so true Buddhism maintains NO to "death before dishonor" YES to peaceful seeking mind.good nite+gdluck.!
Warlike Buddhists, Hindus etc. doesn't make the religion warlike. To judge that you have to take into account a) are the wars holy wars and b) is the use of violence defensive.
Japan is both Buddhist and Shinto. They used both to mobilize people during their militarist spell. So Buddhism can really well be violent. The Tibetans show it quite well with the violent protests and the fact that weapons have been discovered stockpiled in their temples.
Hinduism is responsible for the caste system. Buddhism was responsible for the theocratic feudalism in Tibet until the Chinese took over. These are just as bad as Christianity and Islam.
If Hinduism is war like then none of the other religions wouldve existed. Being the most ancient religion and believes in all humans are equal is no small belief. Unlike Christians and muslims who are always trying to convert others. When was the last time a hindu swami came to your door knocking with a story book? Unlike other religions Hindus dont create temples for dead people and burried in it too!
It is warlike,but in ancient times they gave up war and got thumped by every passing goat herding tribe,then they re-inculcated it back as one of the important karmas that a man should perform.Jainism,buddhism under Ashoka the great again took India back to the warless path,this time he spread buddhism all over the world,to makes sure to prevent war,he called it Victory by Dhamma but then fear of invader over took the path of self-realization and it collapsed back.
Hinduism is no more violent than any of the others per se. I think christianity and Islam and judaism arent rooted in violence but rather people abuse them. jesus told us to turn the other cheek but we execute people and bomb innocent people in Iraq. Mohammad told us to live in peace but extremists want to wage a jihad on the west. And dont get me started on the jews.
@marsnr1 not true. between christianty and muslim faith, muslim faith faith is more peaceful and honest. I spit on them both, however, because they both preach supremacy over peace...
@marsnr1, and christians killed free thinkers as witches... we have a saying here about how christianity was spread "miekka lähetys" which roughly translates to "sword shipment"
U cant believe that every religion has a external god and for that i think bill was wrong and he should educate himself a bit more to make his point more clear.
There is alot of religions that believe in self power that we can get to tap via different rituals too many to list.
Does not include a god of any sort its just natural power from earth/ki/sao etc.
I don't believe in a god of any kind but i don't bash christians its just too easy, and other religions are really not that better off...
buddists arnt warlike??? is the oppressive sri lankan goernment not completely buddist??? buddists and others are just as war like because they're human, religion has no bearing on the matter except its a easy way to rial people up
the goal of buddhism is to cease to exist, nirvana, the absolution of karma, to have no effect, to be one with everything.
Essentially, to be a good buddhist, you sit under a tree until you die, eat what people give you to eat, have no property. Sounds like the homeless in modern times
because some buddhists are jerks, doesn't mean that they're good buddhists
thats what buddha did as an ascetic, before he found what he called "enlightenment," which was finding the middle path. the middle path means not incredibly rich (like he was as a prince), and not being incredibly poor (like he was as an ascetic). its about living life in a natural manner with an attitude focusing on embracing life.
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Bill Maher just spews ignorance so easily....saying something like hindus and buddhists are not warlike but that the muslims and christians are is just beyond stupid.
How is it beyond stupid? Buddhists never started a war in the history of mankind. There is NO justification for war in Buddhist teaching. Perhaps you should do your research before you yammer about things and people you know nothing about.
@stonedragon313 - Au contraire, ignorant people make religion which is why it is "stupid", all of the divine claims of the bible and many of the historical one's are not true... as a matter of fact.
Of course "religion is stupid because people make it stupid". It's people who made all the religions.
It doesn't make sense to single out one of them you are most attached to and say it's exceptional (or even single out which parts of it "are true") as other people do for their own favorite (religion or parts of any/many).
No, I don't get it. I said religion is man-made so if it's stupid because people make it stupid, it's not JUST because there are extremists to each religion, but because religions themselves are stupid that's the way they were maid.
Than you said there's nothing wrong with saying one man-made thing is better than another.
I obviously think that already if I said religions are man-made things that are bad. The part that I think some other man-made things aren't bad is implied.
" Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe."
stupid:
"Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.".
Explaining the origing/workings of the universe by postulating an unexplanable exception (like a god) is a careless mistake, because it teaches you nothing, it's self deceit that you have an explanation.
"One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics."
To the 3rd point of your comment. Sorry, I didn't express myself well. If a religion has only 1 follower, each it's follower is a norm to it. If it has 1000, than not necessarily. And I agree extremists of different religions aren't equally harmful.
But, MY POINT has been that some religions are horrible, regardless of whether we classify it's more horrible followers as just extremists.
Funny logic:Religions are stupid; if a religion is not stupid - it's not a religion.
Not that I expect you to understand - or at least admit it - but you're loosing ground: Your basic claim was that all religions are equal and you can't single out any particular one as better. If some are more stupid and aggressive than the others - you obviously CAN! And you STILL don't know them all. And still insist that "smarter" religions are not religions just because you insist on ignorance.
Moron, I never said I care to win an argument with you. Declare yourself victorious all you want. It's not going to change my opinion about religions, which is they are stupid, not equal.
And I don't have to know all religions to think that. All I know are stupid and until you come up with a counterexample I'm fixed on all religions being stupid.
U call me a moron, yet U R unable to comprehend the simplest thing!
Where have I declared myself a winner? And what was the competition? Too much stuff that has nothing to do with reality or reason is only happening in your mind...
U R the one who is stupid for having backwards logic. & U R dishonest to claim that your original point was not what it was. I don't care about changing your opinion, just pointing out simple fallacies. People like U give atheists a bad name.
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"I'm a buddhist but I don't know how buddha died... "?!?!? No freaking way. When you accept a religion or a philosofy or an idea and you make it part of you, you HAVE TO know what it's all about. It's like saying "I'm a christian but I do not know who jesus is or what the garden of eden is"...
Only if it's central or relevant to the religion. The way Buddha died is not of any real concern to Buddhists, the way he lived and thought are.
Not that it really matters to me, Buddhism makes plenty of absurd unknowable claims just like Christianity, Judaism, Hindu, Muslim, and so on an so forth. My philosophy is that it's wrong to propagate things that you can't possibly actually know. That's a bullshiitter. If you prophet from it then you're a charlatan.
Reincarnation and the after life is a claim to immortality that exists in virtually all religions. This claim is one of the primary ideas in religion that makes it appealing and conciliatory.
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You know why Christianity is so big: because the Bible (as far is the prose goes) is not attributed to anyone in particular. It’s easy to point to L. Ron Hubbard, or Joseph Smith and say, “that guys clearly full of shit”
It’s much harder to talk some sense into someone when they believe that their bible was written by god. Props to whoever decided to make the bibles creation so mysterious. They figured out that not having an official "author" is the key ingredient to forming a cult.
bla87 1 month ago
Buddha was served poisonous food. He knew it was, and accepted it as it was, he laid down and died. No, one seemed to answer that question. lol
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shivinwason17 3 months ago
God damn Amy Holmes is so sexy. She is so hawt.
orange3023 4 months ago
but God hears those prayers , hitler died
georgel19841 5 months ago
@georgel19841 i'll bite, after he killed how many people?
kght222 5 months ago
@kght222 God works in mysterious ways
georgel19841 5 months ago
@georgel19841 or... we're all part of his personal ''rome total war'' style stratergy game and he's just a crule bastard... OR he dossent exsit...
gh0st713 4 months ago
@gh0st713 good point ,now thanks to you, i am an atheist ,but do i exist ?!-or am i just a holo-holow progection of my own madnest
georgel19841 4 months ago
@georgel19841 I respect every faith... (I'm Buddhist) and IF one out of all the 1000 gods from every faith happens to be real, then I'll se him/her in hell...
gh0st713 4 months ago
@gh0st713 How is ''God works in mysterious ways'' any better than ''Things randomly happen, and useful things blossom''?
VexonCross 4 months ago
@VexonCross I've heard ''God works in mysterious ways'' so many times that I no longer se it as an argument...
Things just randomly happen... thats how it is, so leve youre life, have some kidds and live to healp those in nead... that is my life code,
And It's baseicly the same as the christian way exept all the ''do this or GOD will cast you into hell!''
gh0st713 4 months ago
@VexonCross Because 'things randomly happen' doesn't need an all powerful daddy in the sky that makes those decisions. Though more accurately it should be 'Things JUST happen'. As almost everything has a series of events leading up to it. Random would be an elephant suddenly deciding to migrate to the north pole. A series of events, would instead send that elephant to a different part of his own habitat for new plants to eat.
Sanquinity 3 months ago
How did Buddha died in his sleep yeesh I'm not a Buddhist and I know this.
J5MARLON 5 months ago
Buddha died of food poisoning
Redshift21 5 months ago
Herbie Hancock is a Soka Gakkai member, which is like the Buddhist scientology of Japan (though, I wouldn't say it's quite as culty as scienotology; it's just leaning towards being a cult). That's why he has no idea about the Buddha's life--he's not a real Buddhist. The Buddha's death is a pretty famous in most countries that are to some extent Buddhist.
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TheServiceWeb 6 months ago
Back off Bill. Give the peaceful faiths a break.
djakew77 6 months ago
I can sum up any religion in the world! They are cults moron, get away from them. There are no good cults, and only really stupid cultists. Like Catholics, Protestants, Baptists and yes whatever religion you happen to be. You are a cultist, and all cultists are morons.
onebaud 6 months ago
just quick info, there are different sects of buddhism, buddhism as a religion where they worship buddha as a god, and buddhism as a way of life in which they are atheist but spiritualist and believe in reincarnation, they have specific names for their groups but im too lazy to look them up and post them right now :p
MrTeddy236 6 months ago
that guy on the panel didn't seem very knowledgable on buddhism for being a buddhist....i've only taken a buddhism class in school and i feel like i know more about it
sdub67 7 months ago
@sdub67 You mean Herbie Hancock ??? Do you even listen to music ? Of course, this has nothing to do with his religious beliefs or his interpretations about them, but even IF you learned more in school than this guy in a lifetime (which I doubt), he's certainly worth listening to because he's a genius in his particular field. Are you a genius ?
dixxjamm 7 months ago
I think Buddha was supposed poisoned according to Siddhartha.
Setzer 8 months ago
Japanese Buddhists were responsible for the massacre of thousands of Chinese. They aren't warlike now because they don't NOW have the chance.
robandre1 8 months ago 3
@robandre1 The Japanese weren't Buddhist during World War II. The government encouraged a type of Shintoism that focused on emperor worship as a means of making people more patriotic. So, Shintoism had direct government ties (priests were government employees). And, it became the de facto state religion. Do you know what you're talking about at all? (You comment also seems to imply that you don't understand why and how Japan doesn't have an army)
Tzadeck 5 months ago
@robandre1 Actually, most japanese follow shintoism (the belief that the Emperor and his family is descended from the Sun Goddess herself.) and that´s why during the WWII, all other religions were forbidden and abolished in Japan. Also, no war was EVER fought in the name of Buddhism. There was never a conflict "justified" by their scriptures, unlike Christianity in general, islamism, Judaism and etc. Basically no one ever said, "it´s our duty as Buddhists to go there and kill some people!
jubiscleusa171 2 months ago
The head of the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple in Australia told me personally that the Buddha knew all things past, present and future. That is not a philosophy, that is religious faith.
robandre1 8 months ago
You can not sum up nichiren buddhism in 4 minutes. Nichiren Buddhism comes down to the heart. The practice is for everyone's indestructible happiness that is already inherent in everyone's life. The mission of this practice is about World Peace.
DeShonDeShon 9 months ago
I don't care how inclusive you are. IS IT TRUE?
pupil8 9 months ago
The Buddha supposedly died of an illness, some speculate he may have eaten something bad and therefore fell ill, but he was already quite aged at the time.
charcoal139 10 months ago
Herbie Hancock. Tommy boy was right!!!
6Ott7 10 months ago
What illness is maher talking about at 4:18 ?(I know he is kidding)
ALTAF8723 10 months ago
@ALTAF8723 he's saying he died of an illness at cedar sinai, it's a really good hospital
wolfcaster 7 months ago
The bhuddist doesn't seem to know much about buddhism
AnonymousAscendent 10 months ago
People who don't know anything about Buddhism should not attempt to expand upon it, such as the woman in this clip. To even attempt to synthesize the Eastern with the Western wisdom traditions is intellectual suicide. Traditions such as Buddhism and Taoism are universes away from Christianity ontologically, epistemologically, ethically, scientifically. The world is a completely different place when viewed through the eyes of a buddhist as opposed to a Christian.
zooland12 11 months ago
Buddism and Hinduism need to be studied more in the western world. if people knew more about peaceful eastern philosophies they would be less inclined to join stupid religions such as Christianity
blueskkky0 11 months ago 5
@blueskkky0 all religion is stupid, you big fucking ethno-religious idiot. if there is an afterlife, i hope its christopher hitchens teaching you how stupid you are.
courtesyclerk 1 month ago
@blueskkky0 budhism may "teach peace" but its priests are in no way peaceful
cropathfinder 6 days ago
So Bill thinks that JUST the belief in a greater being is crazy?
Claronium780 11 months ago
@Claronium780 When that belief makes one compromise the value of human life by promoting mysogyny, homophobia, racism, greed, lack of critical analysis and narcissistic self-promotion, in lieu of all empiricial social, psychological, political and historical evidence which proves the dangers of BLIND FAITH...then yeah, I'd say your fuckin' crazy. If your "Almighty God" wants to do so much good why doesn't "He" just do it instead of relying on "His" inheritantly flawed creations?
aquababie07 11 months ago
@aquababie07 I agree, I just don't think that you need to be an atheist to show you're not a big fan of organized religion
Claronium780 11 months ago
@Claronium780 What good has come out of organized religion which is inherent only to its practices and origins? I'm confident that when our species was learning to navigate the world and developing our cognitive abilities through experience, that hunter-gatherers would have learned the importance of empathy, goodwill, hard work, sacrifice, committment and integrity as they went along, interracting with other groups until they became communities which needed to organize strong societal boundaries
aquababie07 11 months ago
@aquababie07 Also, I'm not an atheist, I'm an anti-theist. I believe application of the arts, humanties, "hard" and "theoretical" sciences, history and other disciplines which enrich the human experience, and also don't exclude other parties just because they're different than me and I don't like them. Organized religion is just as much a threat to our species as any incurable virus-Except you have to choose to remain contaminated.
aquababie07 11 months ago
Amy Colmes is so hot.
alabaster30 1 year ago 2
religion comes from a latin word meaning "God-fearing". deification has a lot to do with it, as maher says.
Jinda89 1 year ago
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Religion comes from Latin meaning "re-connecting"; I don't know where did you get this "God-fearing" stuff...
grozde 1 year ago
@Jinda89 that was the definition provided in the latin-english dictionary at my school. Then again, that learn me for trusting a state school resource...
Jinda89 1 year ago
How can someone follow Buddism but then doesn't know how the creator died?? How stupid lol
psychokillercrab 1 year ago
@psychokillercrab
Well, probably because there was nothing special in his death: he was old and sick, so he died. :-)
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde yea you are probably right
psychokillercrab 1 year ago
@namasteywhat They're ALL batshit...whether it's the "Magic Underpants" ,the "Aliens",the "Dead Jew" with multiple personalities..."go to the front of the line & collect your 72 virgins"..."god said this was our promised land & we're gonna kill everyone until it is"
ALL FUCKIN BATSHIT
Xtra Credit
#1...mormons
#2...scientology
#3...christians
#4...islam
#5...judaism
toobularbells 1 year ago
I'm not, it's just that Christianity is the religion I know the most about, including it's flaws. I know that religion was necessary in order to take us this far as a species, but it's about time we move past it. It's doing alot more harm than good and it's been that way for centuries now.
stonedragon313 1 year ago
@namasteywhat Which? Every religion I've looked into. No, not all of them. It's possible, though not probable, that there's one out there that's true.
No I'm not an authority on any religion. But like I said, you don't have to dig too deep.
dangerics 1 year ago
@namasteywhat You don't have to dig too deep to see that religion is fairy tales.
dangerics 1 year ago
what a strained interaction.
linoleumcarving 1 year ago
@Klaaaan1 Tough to dispute belief in one God gets people pulling the one direction - obvious joke here. This does mean it is a good direction. The monotheistic desert religions claim to one God is impugned by each being different enough to allow them to kill each other, even within the same sect. Also, "faith gives... strength to get through great adversities... that one with out faith would not be able to do." Great adversity, yes. Just cause, not necessarily. 911. Delusions can be dangerous.
MrMonkeyInk 1 year ago
I envy those who have faith and can believe in a a super natural being, cause the true believer looks foward to the future and that faith gives the true believer the strength to get through great adversities that one with out faith would not be able to do. The true believer's in Christ built this country and made it the super power it is today. I'm not a believer, but history shows that faith in one God gets every one pulling in the same direction.
Klaaaan1 1 year ago
Bill maher needs to die
jeremyc311709 1 year ago
@jeremyc311709 I don't think anyone should advocate the death of another human being just because you disagree with their views and/or opinions. I think you should decide whether you make that comment out of anger or out of pure hatred of another who disagree with you? It is people like yourself who think in this context that are bringing on the hate and those like Bill who is doing the correct thing putting them on notice. Wishing someone dead or they should die for a childish reason is sick.
Karma2Die4 1 year ago
@Karma2Die4 Bill Maher and other leftists like him who are so warped in the head with liberalism are the destruction of my beloved United States. They are the cancer of this nation so yes, I do wish death upon one so sick as Maher.
jeremyc311709 1 year ago
@jeremyc311709 Your beloved United States? Wake up buddy, North America only belongs to a few and I will go on record to say that you and yours do not own this continent. I am a liberal and I wear my liberalism like a badge of honor and for those who do not like that fact can kiss BILL'S ASS, to include yourself and others like yourself. We LIBERALS are sick and tired of the hate mongers attempting to take this country over, that will never happen again and you can take that to the bank...
Karma2Die4 1 year ago
@Karma2Die4 & @jeremyc311709
To the BANK sucka!
RepublicAgent 1 year ago
I can't believe this retarded woman is a political analyst. She hasn't anything good to say, so she desperately tries to make comments.
saidox 1 year ago
@saidox You have just described yourself. Congrats!
Jmsadv 1 year ago
I'm glad that most people I talk to nowadays are open to idea that they could be wrong. They still have their faith(which is completely fine with me) and they keep it to themselves. But for the most part they admit it's an unknowable. The religious debate has shifted and is more open today. And it is the fundamentalists who claim to know EVERYTHING that are looking out of touch. I'm only 21 so the people I talk to are pretty open minded, but it's progress nonetheless.
SeoulSon51 1 year ago 2
Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist at the same time generally. Shintoism is a polytheistic faith, so there are basically times when they are Buddhists and times when they are shinto. The two get along well side-by-side.
zeldaofarel 1 year ago
amy holmes is a stupid cunt!
essanay45 1 year ago
hahahahaha are you batshit? ahahahahah
lilwhitey0nyx 1 year ago
Buddha was crucified ??
Good grief...aren't these people ignorant...
He did die of an illness...some sort of food poisoning
To me, it is a philosophy...people who label themselves Buddhists just don't know much about it...
yarzharl 1 year ago
I see religion a bit like language, in that you get imprinted with it at a young age, and most people don't change either very much. If that's true, and your beliefs result from who raised you, and who raised you is pretty much a result of chance (you don't choose your parents!), and differing religions are typically incompatible...then we should probably be careful about taking any religion too seriously except in ways that decrease human suffering.
Highlyskeptical 1 year ago 3
@Highlyskeptical except lacking a language is def a negative thing and lacking a religion is not
lockedinsideurhsbox 1 year ago
I love Richard Belzer
ViperRob42 1 year ago
its too bad the media doesent portray any religion in its CORRECT and authentic form, so everything gets made fun of....hey i guess thats the idea for comedians, is to make fun of everything. sad but you can only pray that they be guided bfore they peace out.
molred 1 year ago
I love Herbie but a political debate program really isn't his place.
I saw an interview of him about his buddhism, to him Buddhism is just an open state of mind that helps him with his music. It probably isn't really a religion to him, the fact he couldn't tell how Buddha died should tell enough.
boertush 1 year ago
@boertush
Well, I think some people who label themselves Buddhist connect to some or all of the philosophy and or cultural heritage of it. Of those who do believe in its spirituality, many do not believe in a deity or even a higher power.
mistacramer 1 year ago
I love bills laugh at 0:17
henrikstaaf 1 year ago 2
I'm tired of people trying to personify god as if it's a radio or t.v. personality, because what we see, touch, taste hear and the things we smell must be the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Sorry if it's getting to far out for you atheists but if you think that the universe started from a number before 0 out of a "god" element which is essentially the theory to date I think we are talking about the same shit
alexworksfromhome99 1 year ago
@alexworksfromhome99 dude what we sence is NOT the thurth, far form it, nearly everything out eye's tell us is wrong. the last half of your comment doesnt even make sence, get educated
AllenQuatermain2de 1 year ago
Saying that atheism is a religion is kind of like saying anarchism is a political movement. Defining it that way usually implies your resistance to, or antagonism with it.
scbluesman13 1 year ago
John Hancock... Its Herbie Hancock duhhhhh....
Slugg329 1 year ago 2
Actually, if you just make a point to study logic and reason, all the dumb shit found in and about religion (including religion itself) gets cut out, but you retain all the good stuff. Logic and reason is awesome, but thinking takes effort. It's not just a state of being.
0932486509 1 year ago 19
Amy Holmes is FINE! I wouldn't mind having some chocolate with milk :)
andyrooney11 1 year ago
Herbie is brilliant. A philosophy and a practice.
darkoanton5 1 year ago
Herbie is brilliant. A philosophy and a practice.
darkoanton5 1 year ago
Bill says he preaches the "gospel of I don't know", but sometimes he seems so sure that there is no God that he looks sounds like an extremist. The difference is that he condemns you not to hell, but to lunacy.
Herbie is musical genius. He was trying to have a nice debate but he just wouldn't listen. It's not polite to call a guy like him "batshit" because he does not agree with your religious point of view (and atheism is a religious point of view)
luizcadu 1 year ago
Herbie is lost there a little. Practice is tradition, not religion. Religious routine is just a way for humans to find comfort in the order of things. God - if there was one wouldn't give a crap about whether you wear a tie to church or not.
oldpiq 1 year ago
Bill Maher and Herbie Hancock both kick ass!!!!
fuse511 1 year ago
I agree with Bill on religion but he needs to give it a rest. these religious crazies cannot be reached. He would get more viewers if he just stuck to the political policies analysis
dovespin1 1 year ago
i dont care about will smith, tom cruise or john travolta... but the bastards took chick corea.... bastards.
trisnjok 1 year ago 7
That's hilarious. He's so good. Why does he believe that craziness?
fuse511 1 year ago
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Bill Maher is such a tool.
trevorjenkin 1 year ago
It's difficult to fathom that someone that is as intelligent as Holmes would think that the science is not settled on AGW. Citing every single talking point of denialist rhetoric.
jfuh 1 year ago
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bill maher is an IDIOT!!!
fuckndeath2traitors 1 year ago
no you are
phildirt3 1 year ago
To those interested;Hancock is in a sect of Buddhism based on the Lotus sutra as explained by Nichiren Diashonin from the 1200's Japan.The practice strictly based on the mystic law of cause and effect and the Daishonin taught that killing any human for any reason WRONG period.During world war2 layman leader was jailed by Shinto based gov't and he died in jail refusing to follow military b.s. so true Buddhism maintains NO to "death before dishonor" YES to peaceful seeking mind.good nite+gdluck.!
shotenzenjin16 1 year ago
She is cute but her politics makes her look ugly.
Bill Maher 2012!
vincevince801 1 year ago 20
@vincevince801 Do you have any idea how illegal a hotdog would be?
chicago6584 9 months ago
what did he mean by "Chick Corea would not like that"....are they on not good relations Herbie and Chick?
if that's the case its sad because Zawinuw,Chick and Herbie came from Miles's band and they are the founders or fusion and should be friends.
AtanasovPeter 2 years ago
3:35
not sure what holocuast has to do with Iraq
aweiss 2 years ago
Holocaust happened in Iraq. Saddam set it up when he was a little child during WWII.
Amirnake 1 year ago
he is not claiming it has anything to do with iraq,he is saying prays are useless...they were useless during the holocaust,their useless now.
MrBoomable 1 year ago
Buddha was about 60 when he died.
blackrocker1 2 years ago
@blackrocker1 : The Buddha was nearly 80 when he died.
drav1dan 1 year ago
Budda died of food poisoning (ate something other than what his followers ate), and was cremated shortly thereafter.
drfoxcourt 2 years ago
tradition says the Buddha died of food poisoning after eating spoiled foods, offered to him as charity, when he was around 80yrs of age.
12lipa 2 years ago
i'd do stuff to amy holmes
lots of stuff
chubas41 2 years ago
Warlike Buddhists, Hindus etc. doesn't make the religion warlike. To judge that you have to take into account a) are the wars holy wars and b) is the use of violence defensive.
madmakx187 2 years ago
ROFL i love how under richard belzer's name it says "conspiracy theorist" like that's what hes known for LOL
crackrawkz 2 years ago
@crackrawkz he was in the 80s on the radio...
0n3m4n4rm33 2 years ago
Maher is right, many people confuse Buddhism as a Religion, but its much more a philosophy more than anything else.
Gustx8 2 years ago
the richard dawkins book he is talking about is "The God Delusion".
I'm reading it now and I have to say a lot of what maher says is quoted from the book.
twholland1 2 years ago
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Wow! An ugly cast.
riggerize 2 years ago
Japan is both Buddhist and Shinto. They used both to mobilize people during their militarist spell. So Buddhism can really well be violent. The Tibetans show it quite well with the violent protests and the fact that weapons have been discovered stockpiled in their temples.
SketchyBack 2 years ago
Hinduism is responsible for the caste system. Buddhism was responsible for the theocratic feudalism in Tibet until the Chinese took over. These are just as bad as Christianity and Islam.
tantalides 2 years ago
HE was a virgin birth...
sgsfdgfsdfsdfsddf 2 years ago
heh, the heart attack gig was good.
Zaku41k 2 years ago 3
If Hinduism is war like then none of the other religions wouldve existed. Being the most ancient religion and believes in all humans are equal is no small belief. Unlike Christians and muslims who are always trying to convert others. When was the last time a hindu swami came to your door knocking with a story book? Unlike other religions Hindus dont create temples for dead people and burried in it too!
123neel 2 years ago
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i would say that Maher is flat out wrong there, Hinduism is very warlike. He shouldnt be so easy on it. That Belzer seems like a douchebag.
erniedingoshat 2 years ago
yeah, some hindus are indeed very warlike, I'm sure Maher's gotten that message by now. And Belzer is my kind of douchebag, sigh.
noelclover 2 years ago
budda died from eating a bad mushrume
that his friend gave him on accident.
cidxl 2 years ago
Thanks Herbie!
oak1day 2 years ago 3
if hinduism was a warring religion, we would no have allowed to be under muslim rule for 300 years and then under christian rule for 200 years.
we are the last people who like to fight..
even now when pakistan attacks , we dont attack them for every small thing like israel, and US
mAcnErd1984 2 years ago
and the Jews are not warlike?
johnnylifelive 2 years ago
Hinduism is very much a warring religion. Maher should check that.
paolo27th 2 years ago 2
He didn't say Hinduism wasn't warlike, just not as warlike. although a strong case can be made that they infact are.
spriten 2 years ago
It is warlike,but in ancient times they gave up war and got thumped by every passing goat herding tribe,then they re-inculcated it back as one of the important karmas that a man should perform.Jainism,buddhism under Ashoka the great again took India back to the warless path,this time he spread buddhism all over the world,to makes sure to prevent war,he called it Victory by Dhamma but then fear of invader over took the path of self-realization and it collapsed back.
KarthikSoun 2 years ago
Hinduism is no more violent than any of the others per se. I think christianity and Islam and judaism arent rooted in violence but rather people abuse them. jesus told us to turn the other cheek but we execute people and bomb innocent people in Iraq. Mohammad told us to live in peace but extremists want to wage a jihad on the west. And dont get me started on the jews.
Aadonis219 2 years ago
"arent rooted in violence"
you havent read the old testament it seems
that piece of batshit has so much divine smithing and slaughter of unbelievers that im amazed that the blood isnt pouring from the book
i havent read the quoran but from what i hear its just as bad if not worse
Dreamerx47 2 years ago
Lol, Mohammed ordered people to kill constantly. He only ordered people to live in peace in areas already under Islamic control.
Mohammed even ordered a boy to be killed not an what he did, but what he would do in the future. The Islam even killed more people as socialism.
marsnr1 2 years ago
@marsnr1 not true. between christianty and muslim faith, muslim faith faith is more peaceful and honest. I spit on them both, however, because they both preach supremacy over peace...
0n3m4n4rm33 2 years ago
@marsnr1, and christians killed free thinkers as witches... we have a saying here about how christianity was spread "miekka lähetys" which roughly translates to "sword shipment"
which basicaly was "Belive or die"
and socialism doesnt kill people...
Darusdei 2 years ago 2
@Darusdei Finsk, Hej från Sverige!
zzzbbb123456 1 year ago
How do you know where you there?
Amirnake 1 year ago
what was some of the things Jews did, i don't know just asking?
Theimmortalwhitewolf 2 years ago
herbie hancock is a god
blah148 2 years ago 5
Herbie and Maher in one video! The best from 2 worlds. I haven't seen it yet, but I feel like dancing! :D
SigDrums 2 years ago
U cant believe that every religion has a external god and for that i think bill was wrong and he should educate himself a bit more to make his point more clear.
There is alot of religions that believe in self power that we can get to tap via different rituals too many to list.
Does not include a god of any sort its just natural power from earth/ki/sao etc.
I don't believe in a god of any kind but i don't bash christians its just too easy, and other religions are really not that better off...
miranger 2 years ago
buddists arnt warlike??? is the oppressive sri lankan goernment not completely buddist??? buddists and others are just as war like because they're human, religion has no bearing on the matter except its a easy way to rial people up
PinkEyeTowlie 2 years ago 5
it's one thing for some to claim to being buddists, then it is another for one to practice buddist teachings. Sri Lankan gov't are not trully buddist
bobble4eva 2 years ago 8
Well, yes... I guess shit happen everywhere.
therrydicule 2 years ago
the goal of buddhism is to cease to exist, nirvana, the absolution of karma, to have no effect, to be one with everything.
Essentially, to be a good buddhist, you sit under a tree until you die, eat what people give you to eat, have no property. Sounds like the homeless in modern times
because some buddhists are jerks, doesn't mean that they're good buddhists
D35J4RD1N5 2 years ago
open a book, before you open your mouth. ;)
onfire4ever1987 2 years ago 3
learn how to not, put commas in the wrong, place
davydawgdawg 2 years ago
thats what buddha did as an ascetic, before he found what he called "enlightenment," which was finding the middle path. the middle path means not incredibly rich (like he was as a prince), and not being incredibly poor (like he was as an ascetic). its about living life in a natural manner with an attitude focusing on embracing life.
davydawgdawg 2 years ago 2
actualy the buddhists aren't that warlike.
ThomCoffin 2 years ago
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Bill Maher just spews ignorance so easily....saying something like hindus and buddhists are not warlike but that the muslims and christians are is just beyond stupid.
Majortom71 2 years ago
How is it beyond stupid? Buddhists never started a war in the history of mankind. There is NO justification for war in Buddhist teaching. Perhaps you should do your research before you yammer about things and people you know nothing about.
ytfmichaelxu 2 years ago
haha hindus arent war like....
iiirhd 2 years ago
religion is only stupid because people make it stupid. Can't we agree that some thing in the bible are just not true and move on?
stonedragon313 2 years ago 22
@stonedragon313 - Au contraire, ignorant people make religion which is why it is "stupid", all of the divine claims of the bible and many of the historical one's are not true... as a matter of fact.
faithisfiction 1 year ago
@stonedragon31
Of course "religion is stupid because people make it stupid". It's people who made all the religions.
It doesn't make sense to single out one of them you are most attached to and say it's exceptional (or even single out which parts of it "are true") as other people do for their own favorite (religion or parts of any/many).
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
People make many things - some good, some not so good, some bad...
What's wrong with saying that one man-made thing is better than another?
SONY make TVs, and so does NEO... But...!!!
You see my point here? ;-)
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
No, I don't get it. I said religion is man-made so if it's stupid because people make it stupid, it's not JUST because there are extremists to each religion, but because religions themselves are stupid that's the way they were maid.
Than you said there's nothing wrong with saying one man-made thing is better than another.
I obviously think that already if I said religions are man-made things that are bad. The part that I think some other man-made things aren't bad is implied.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
1. You have to know EVERY SINGLE RELIGION before you can claim that "there are extremists in every religion'. Do you??
2. You have to know EVERY SINGLE RELIGION before you can claim that "religions themselves are stupid that's the way they were maid'. Do you??
3. An extremist daoist would be like a rose bud compared to a devoted Southern Baptist... So you also need to define "extremist". :-)
4. You're contradicting yourself. Or I don't understand properly your last 3 sentences.
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
Depends on the definitions.
thefreedictionary,com
religion:
" Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe."
stupid:
"Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.".
Explaining the origing/workings of the universe by postulating an unexplanable exception (like a god) is a careless mistake, because it teaches you nothing, it's self deceit that you have an explanation.
This way all religions are stupid.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
Your thefreedictionary disqualifies a number of religions...
And your excuse also doesn't encompass all religions...
Just so you know. ;-)
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
extremist:
"One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics."
To the 3rd point of your comment. Sorry, I didn't express myself well. If a religion has only 1 follower, each it's follower is a norm to it. If it has 1000, than not necessarily. And I agree extremists of different religions aren't equally harmful.
But, MY POINT has been that some religions are horrible, regardless of whether we classify it's more horrible followers as just extremists.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
The difference between "extremists" still remains due to the different NORMS and limits of the different religions!
And you're actually making MY point: that SOME - not necessary ALL - religions are horrible!!!
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
"The difference between "extremists" still remains due to the different NORMS and limits of the different religions!"
YES!!!, I AGREE, you fucking moron! It's what I've said.
Fine, I'm making your point that not all religions are equally horrible, but I'm also making my point that religions are stupid!
If one "religion" wouldn't be I wouldn't classify it as a religion.
I classify Islam and Christianity as religions, so I find them stupid.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
Funny logic:Religions are stupid; if a religion is not stupid - it's not a religion.
Not that I expect you to understand - or at least admit it - but you're loosing ground: Your basic claim was that all religions are equal and you can't single out any particular one as better. If some are more stupid and aggressive than the others - you obviously CAN! And you STILL don't know them all. And still insist that "smarter" religions are not religions just because you insist on ignorance.
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
Moron, I never said I care to win an argument with you. Declare yourself victorious all you want. It's not going to change my opinion about religions, which is they are stupid, not equal.
And I don't have to know all religions to think that. All I know are stupid and until you come up with a counterexample I'm fixed on all religions being stupid.
Period.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
U call me a moron, yet U R unable to comprehend the simplest thing!
Where have I declared myself a winner? And what was the competition? Too much stuff that has nothing to do with reality or reason is only happening in your mind...
U R the one who is stupid for having backwards logic. & U R dishonest to claim that your original point was not what it was. I don't care about changing your opinion, just pointing out simple fallacies. People like U give atheists a bad name.
grozde 1 year ago
@grozde
"Where have I declared myself a winner?"
In the last comment: "...but you're loosing ground..."
"And what was the competition?" Obviously you're trying to win an argument against me.
The rest of your comment is just you trying to provoke me into talking more with you.
Unbeginner 1 year ago
@Unbeginner
You're loosing ground not to ME, but to REALITY and COMMON SENSE.
And the competition is only in your head...
And - PLEASE - don't talk anymore! It's getting more and more painfully unintelligent and dishonest of you.
grozde 1 year ago
Lets not forget that the IDF ideology is that of a war against gentiles, i.e., half of Bill Maher and most of America.
glasshour76 2 years ago
The Jews are the modern day warrior race. Why no mention of that religion Bill?
glasshour76 2 years ago
Confucianism and Buddhism don't have crazy nutcases. Just as Maher put it, "they're not war like."
MaxwellBennett 2 years ago 4
Confucianism and Buddhism are philosophies
misterdoof 2 years ago
gotta love the belz
livvidd 3 years ago
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"I'm a buddhist but I don't know how buddha died... "?!?!? No freaking way. When you accept a religion or a philosofy or an idea and you make it part of you, you HAVE TO know what it's all about. It's like saying "I'm a christian but I do not know who jesus is or what the garden of eden is"...
virgoeyes 3 years ago
Only if it's central or relevant to the religion. The way Buddha died is not of any real concern to Buddhists, the way he lived and thought are.
Not that it really matters to me, Buddhism makes plenty of absurd unknowable claims just like Christianity, Judaism, Hindu, Muslim, and so on an so forth. My philosophy is that it's wrong to propagate things that you can't possibly actually know. That's a bullshiitter. If you prophet from it then you're a charlatan.
analubalitious 3 years ago 7
Siddhartha Gautama never made any of those claims, other than accepting the idea of reincarnation.
tonyac42 2 years ago 3
Reincarnation and the after life is a claim to immortality that exists in virtually all religions. This claim is one of the primary ideas in religion that makes it appealing and conciliatory.
VivekisV 2 years ago
I <3 Richard Belzer
phantasmbunny 3 years ago 3