Buddhist on God, theism and atheism

Ajahn Brahm outlines the Buddhist perspectives on god and atheism...

Short clip taken from the full length video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRutmoPEWaQ
All credit goes to BuddhistSocietyWA, in concordance with the Fair Use laws, I merely took a small clip in order to show the basic principles of Buddhism when it comes to acknowledging a supreme being or not.
If you want to see more, please watch the full length original video at the link above.

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[topbluffa1]

typical ignorant athiest question "why is there suffering"

its like asking god "why dont you come down here and save these waves from crashing upon the jagged rocks" because waves in reality are processes of the ocean and waves seizing to exist as that form does not mean they seize to exist and suffering is only known in comparison to pleasure so if you want to remove suffering you have to remove pleasure......... atheists are just people who THINK they are smart.

[serialced]

@topbluffa1 So you agree no God is part of reality? And saying you need suffering to have pleasure when your god is supposed to be all powerful is just plain stupid. Guess we found a limit to his power there....

Atheists are actually shown to be on average more intelligent than any other belief based group so no, we don't think we are smarter, the difference is that we actually THINK.

[topbluffa1]

@serialced

so why are you making the unscientific assumption that your a individual that has only existed since your birth and will seize to exist after your death despite what physics says (conservation law) your dumb im sorry.

[serialced]

@topbluffa1 After death we seize to exist in this form yes. Our molecules will go on to live forever but we won't and there is not a single shred of evidence to support the contrary so yes, my assumption is in great shape scientifically. And just LOL at calling people dumb and making several basic grammar mistakes at the same time, even in the same sentence. Your kind of ignorance will never cease to exist I guess.

[serialced]

@AugustusAurelianus1 I understand where you're coming from but I have no problems with them whatsoever and even secretly admire a lot of what they do and try to achieve. The only drawback (and reason for the robes) is that they strip themselves of any identity(even their names) and as a consequence, they all look the same. Gautama is not really some higher being in the way we see it, its a being/person that has reached absolute enlightenment. They don't follow it, they want to reach that state.

[moranplano]

Pt. 2...was no evidence, but when one recalls a past life on Atlantis then there's a dispute. But, new evidence comes forth to show, that INDEED there was such a civilization. So, MYSTICS knew first and science is playing catch-up. Such things are not for "dwelling in the past", but to verify the SPIRITUAL PRESENT...our continued existence as SOUL. OBE's and NDE's go even further. Science attempts to dispel such things as Hallucinations, just show that science is still playing catch-up.

[moranplano]

@RhunDraco Pt.1 Easy does it. I do think that scientists changing their theories when new evidence arrives is a good thing. I wish religions were as quick to adjust, but alas, they're not. But, too many atheists refer to science to disprove GOD. Atheists love to take on Fundamental Religion because so much of what they believe is pure superstition. But, MYSTICISM is based on one's OWN EXPERIENCES, which can be verified by other people. Scientists claim Atlantis didn't exist because there...

[RhunDraco]

@moranplano You say of scientists that "they change their theories (constantly)" as if that's a bad thing. New data requires re-analysis and reinvention. The major drawback to religion and magical thinking is that new data is typically ignored. It all comes down to God (or Gods) did it, it's all explainable by "past lives," or out of body experiences, or astrology, etc - don't you realize these things are all designed to keep us in the past? Move forward.

[mayimham]

By the way, it is interesting to hear from people with other faith.

I just want to add that God doesn't just punish the act but our heart.

For me though, the most important thing is not just short life on earth but the real life after my death(because my soul+spirit live forever) and I am well preparing it as much as I can now so,not to regret in my death bed.

I believe that God created us and cares for us eternally not just when our body breathe.

Watch: Heaven/Hell experience on You tube

[mayimham]

I am glad God is all Powerful and all Loving. He said His name is The Lord Almighty(written in the bible).

God exists not just in the world but beyond the universe. He is spotless Righteous One so He judges the sinners to bring just to the poor, widows, orpans and weak. Whoever died alongside with the sinners by tragic will be saved and have eternal freedom/happyness are promised in Heaven but hell for sinners. For God, there is no lose because He know every indiviuals by name and no mistakes.:)

[chriscolferrocks]

Finally a sensible religious person.

[topbluffa1]

@danathefunkiest1

great debating skills you have and the points you raise are impossible to ignore......

HA.

[topbluffa1]

@serialced

no god is reality viewed as a whole instead of this abstract objectified reality you have created for yourself via your imperfect senses.

[danathefunkiest1]

@topbluffa1 you. are. an. idiot.

[moranplano]

Pt. 2 an archaeologist named Richard Wingate has written two books of archaeological finds about colonies of the Atlantis...LOST OUTPOST OF THE ATLANTIS and ATLANTIS COLONY IN THE AMAZON. He's a scientist not a Mystic. Before Atlantis there was Lemuria, before that Hyperborea and Polara. Continents and civilizations come and go and history is lost. Only the Mystics can rise beyond Time and see it all. Edgar Cayce has books on Past Lives and Atlantis. SOUL is ETERNAL, you HAVE lived before.