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Re: Scientists Finally Conclude Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious Beings!!
More important, I think, is that within this declaration they recognize the "intentional behaviors" of animals, or animal free will. :D "along with the capacity to exhibit intentional … (View Post)
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Re: How can we know "God" exists?
@Silouan, Maybe so. I've been reading about the Essenes, including their Gospels of Peace that have Jesus preaching also. My understanding would permit there to be an actual shared truth behind Jesus… (View Post)
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Re: How can we know "God" exists?
@Telly03, That's a really really good question. I like that one. If we don't see any evidence of God in life, except that which we attribute to God by way of our own belief-driven inference (we alrea… (View Post)
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Re: Doubts arising in my mind
(Quote) 1) Karma. Karma isn't something you "have", rather it's related to you... to the aggregates that constitute all of what you are. It's cause and effect really, though it's specifical… (View Post)
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Re: Is the Lotus sutra just a story?
This may apply: (Quote) Emphasis (bold) mine. Take God as a creator or independent being out of it, and it might as well be talking about the nature or laws of nature that Buddhism talks about. That … (View Post)
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