When asked whether there was a God and an afterlife, Buddha said the only relevant question was whether or not you suffer
His logical deductions are right you know
When asked whether there was a God and an afterlife...
Bentley Myers
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James Diaz
What deduction? He only offered his opinion.
Also, this is a Christian board.
Henry Lee
The deduction is that you seek God and an afterlife because you suffer
Jace Walker
I believe you're misreading it.
>the only relevant question was whether or not you suffer [in an afterlife]
Camden Hernandez
Buddha was basically an epicuruean who thought true happiness was being free from worry, mental anguish and cravings. He was only interested in the "truth" insofar as it revolved around the cessation of suffering. Certain metaphysical or cosmological questions were beyond his interest and understanding and he assumed getting too involved with them would cause people to be uncertain and confused and add to their suffering, so he ignored them.
Personally I don't think suffering is an existential problem that needs to be "solved" and completely "extinguished" in such an extreme manner, at the expense of Truth. I want to know whats really going on, even if this means suffering, even if asking "Big Questions" will confuse me and cause me mental anguish. I want to know the nature of my soul and the world and what is going on. See this video. Le sniffing cocaine man talks about how nuclear scientists were ready to sacrifice their health/lives just to figure out how radiation worked. It's a good point, when you care about "truth" you are willing to suffer.
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Think about a mother sacrificing herself to save her kids, when you love others you are willing to be burned and suffer.
If man has an eternal soul and there is an afterlife and God does exist then it becomes a question of infinite importance and how we live our lives will dramatically change. Staring at your navel all day just so you can minimize your attachments and sufferings would be a sort of arrogance, and not conducive to spiritual growth.
Easton Lee
>Assyrians as bro tier
KEK'D nice try, Ashurbanipal
Gabriel Fisher
ehh pre vatican 2 caths were bros, now its kinda shitty, specially with this ecumenical, hippie Pope, and
specially CCC 841
Jonathan Hughes
>muh science board is christian
Stfu and get out already.
Liam Collins
Christian's are in good company when it comes to science: Newton, Euler, Lavoisier, Pascal, Leibniz, Alessandro Volta, robert boyle, kepler, andre-marie ampere, bernhard riemann, gregor mendel, maxwell, bachman, faraday, Joule, Kelvin, Pasteur, Stokes, Guglielmo Marconi, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Polayni (jew but converted to Christ), Wernher Von Braun, Alonzo Church, Ernest Walton, Max Planck, John Eccles, Fasenmyer, Carlos Filho, Georges Lemaitre, Robert Boyd....etc etc...
Jacob Lewis
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