Jainism PART 1/2 - A.E. #594

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Episode: #594
1 March, 2009
Topic: Live Calls. Jen takes on live calls.

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[ciaochowbella]

@coolnim007 It's your god and your hell. YOU burn in it.

[haohyou12]

Jayne, the man they call Jayne

He robbed from the rich

And he gave to the poor

Stood up to the man

And gave him what for

Our love for him now

Ain't hard to explain

The hero of Canton

The man they call Jayne!

[chirectomy]

@ganados0

I agree. Atheism is a single position on a single issue: disbelief in any deities. However rare, an atheist might accept any number of supernatural ideas. I still object to the term "scientism." Also, UFOs are not supernatural, and life likely exists somewhere else in the vast universe. It is important to distinguish extraordinary or far-fetched claims from supernatural ones; UFO claims must be handled differently from claims about the existence of ghosts, angels, or gods.

[ganados0]

@chirectomy Atheists can believe in the supernatural (werewolves, ghosts, UFOs) and reject scientism and naturalism.

[youthank8]

this caller seems to have joined Jainism as a fashion statement

[zayedsalim009]

@NoCommentChick there are no different rules for women in jainism .what are you talking about?

[NoCommentChick]

@anushka21396 What is the name of these higher beings? How are they called?

[NoCommentChick]

for me the only thing I don't understand about Jainiism is that their idea of "right conduct" seems to include different rules for men as for women. Despite jettisoning the creator god idea they still seem to have a lot of backward thinking baggage when it comes to sex and homosexuality. How is Jainism different in this regard from evangelical christianity? I am not attacking anyone's religion I'd just like to have some explanation since I find other parts of Jainism fascinating.

[chirectomy]

Jainism is like Buddhism, it is (usually) atheistic, but it is not naturalistic. Even though they do not worship a god, they still believe in other supernatural ideas like an immaterial soul, reincarnation, etc.

[zayedsalim009]

@Abbadon380 Obviously Jainism is much much older than Hinduism. Hinduism is recent phenomenon drawn out of Vedic practices. people might not know much about it, cause its hard and not that popular.