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There is a lot of writing on the question, why is there something instead of nothing? I find this question quintessentially a useless one, except for one benefit, namely, that the people discussing it could come to the realization if they be intelligent that it is a useless question...

I am not a Buddhist, but I do read about Buddhism and Gautama. And from what I have been reading so far, I am really at a loss to understand the greatness of the man, greatness as shown in the praises sung by his followers, in the giant statues of the man, and also art works. So, what...

Please read the following quotation carefully and thoughtfully, and tell me, Buddhists and sympathizers of Buddhists and Buddhism, is it tantamount to hate speech against Buddhism and Buddhists? If yes, why, and if not, what about seeing in it a message of extremely cruel and hateful content...

The best and most perceptive study of a religion is to ask what is the end destiny of man and life in that religion. I have been a student of religions since when I started also getting the bug to do religion in my own personalistic way. No, no hand me down religion for me, I have got to have...

I was looking for a free program that records every word I write so that in case there is an accident that wipes out all my typing, then I can still have a copy and resume my work. This happens at times when having finished a post and then clicking on the submit button, horror of horrors, there...

As I mentioned in my thread on "A or the true religion", I wanted to start a new thread on religion talk and lbm talk, lbm standing for loose bowel movement; my intention is to explore the differences between speech in religion and speech in the physiological and medical matter of loose bowel...

Does anyone know of a way to install a computer password so that without entering the password one cannot get the computer started on its operating system which for me is W98se. I have already installed a password to secure the cmos bios access. And I have installed a password for my being a...

Maybe it's already very clear to everyone here, that the word true cannot be predicated of religion, so that the term "true religion" is a misnomer like true fool's gold(?). Yet I must confess to a personal uneasiness that there might still be a true religion, and I might miss it. And one...

I hope this thread belong here. I didn't have this trouble before, but now the message box is too large for my 14" screen, so that I have to push the box right and left in order to read the lines. The trouble is solved by changing to the printable version; but then I would miss the...

Dear brian (the big bad boss): Bgru once told me that there is a three strikes rule here, meaning on being given the third warning, you are automatically banned. I think the three stikes should have a time or number of posts limitation, i.e., three strikes within how many days or how many...

Just in case there are people here who don't know about this trick I learned by myself to stop spams, here it is: My email system is provided by Yahoo. It has a filtering function by which you can set the criteria whereby emails coming to you can be automatically assigned to the inbox or...

Please bear with me. I am trying to start a new thread, but I could not find any button for new thread; so I just use the reply button. Anyone here, please tell me how to start a new thread. Thanks. By supplicatory prayer I mean asking favors from the powers that be beyond the visible world...