Cactus Annie
Refugee
Have you? I don't think you have, have you?
I don't know myself, tbh. Can I pass on answering? I find it very hard to explain.
As I don't know if any gods exist, as with unicorns. Guess they could. I just haven't seen any evidence to suggest they do. So I do not believe
Buddhists don't actually believe in God do they? They are few New Age groups that practice spiritual development, such as meditating, but don't actually believe in God. I've met a few of them in my life. Many are lapsed Christians.
Is it possible to be an atheist and a spiritualist or do you think that means your agnostic?
I've heard about atheists declaring themselves spiritual, though I personally find it hard to understand. I see spirituality as having a relationship with God and seeing the divine everywhere. But others have different definitions of spirituality though.
Buddha probably has the right thinking. The "what is out there" is so large that its most definitely infinite. Is there a god? Is there multiple gods? Who created them? What are they made of? It's just more complexity.
Live a good life. Everything else will sort itself out. If you need a belief, ok then.
It can be argued that some sects of Buddhism believe in gods, as bodhisattvas can take on this type of "deity" role. It varies vastly from sect to sect though, more so than many westerners are used to with Christianity.
If anything, there is a war on the part of militant Christians to impose Christmas on everyone regardless of willingness to participate.
Oh give me a break.
I wonder how many will understand that reference....
The "War on Christmas", if it actually did exist, should be fought by devout Christians against commercialism and materialism.
I guess this depends on what we mean by a god. If we are talking about something that transcends physicality and "normal" human experience, then I would say bodhisattvas are definitely gods. If we are talking about a supernatural being with direct power over the workings of the world, then they don't quite fit that mold.
Was Santa even religious? I don't understand what his birthday has to do with Christianity
Sorry, no. Does it not strike you as peculiar that the cries about Christian persecution over Christmas are becoming louder as the Christmas season and its pervasiveness are expanding? Every year for my entire life there has been a noticeable expansion in the "Christmas season" and its presence in all forms of major media. There is absolutely no war on Christmas. If there is, it is the most pathetically unsuccessful war ever fought.
But there's also no loud and vocal minority trying to force Christmas on people.
Do hundreds of millions of people in America want to celebrate Christmas?