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(Quote) I think the difference between what you're saying and Buddhist teachings, is that you're talking about synapses firing and Buddhism is about mind. The brain is an organ, while mind is a pheno… (View Post)
(Quote) I don't know precisely what Jeroen is talking about, but in Buddhist teaching, there is really no such thing as "eternal". One reason we suffer is because we cling to things, hoping… (View Post)
(Quote) I'm not offended. None intended. None taken. I'm not inclined to being quick to take offense, but I read something that doesn't seem quite right. (Quote) It was important enough to post in th… (View Post)
(Quote) Security, in many forms, is what societies and other cultural components (clans, tribes, etc) are for. You may have heard the term "ostracize". To be ostracized, in more elementary … (View Post)
(Quote) Yes. If a society stops worshiping God, they would, in fairly short order, find something else to fill the space left by the absence of God, and worship that. Anthropology examines the strutu… (View Post)