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I think for myself. I first consider what someone is saying before I start attacking the person as not being qualified to be someone in authority. Generally, at least for me, authority has nothing to do with it. I'm not looking to be lead.

So let me ask you question. What is more important. What is being said or who is saying it?

I am a terrible person because I've always had problem with the word "Lord" when referring to God. To me, the word Lord comes from a form of government based on monarchy. You cannot have a Lord unless you have slaves. You can't have "up" have any meaning without "down" having any meaning. It...

I know the lesson metaphor for life is very popular. But maybe the purpose of life is just to have interesting experiences. Maybe you need to study or have lessons in non-duality ways of thinking: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Grasp-Joan-Tollifson/dp/190866424X Here's a great video from...

To be a person of good character it is important to study modern psychology. Human nature is very well mapped out. There are many different ways of being. Each of us learns at an early age certain behaviors will get us what we want. The problem with life is many times what has worked in the...

I have no idea. I would imagine women are closer to God just by the nature of being able to give birth. I've always felt my wife who gave birth to my children was sacred to me.

Speaking of the purpose of religion, Friedrich Nietzsche had some acute criticisms of Christianity. He said Christianity was born in response to Roman oppression. It took hold in the minds of timid slaves who did not have the courage or strength to take what they really wanted. The slaves...

My preferred way of saying the rock thing is this: Can God have a thought so complex that even She can't understand it? Slightly sexists but sorry. My experience with women is they have many more thoughts going on in their heads than men do. One thing on the nature of being omnipotent...

Human beings exist so our omnipotent God can experience the thrill of having limitations by vicarious sharing in our experiences of joys and frustrations.

I see you like Lee Smolin. I'm really into Rupert Sheldrake. I just love the way he thinks outside the box. In terms of God, I've been stuck resonating on this way of thinking about God for about two months now: Also, if you want to hear some interesting criticisms of philosophical...

A couple of things. First, I think God knew exactly what was going to happen to the apple in the garden with a naked woman prancing about. And I'm pretty sure God is a woman because no man could ever create something so God damn beautiful. And further, I think the beauty of women are one of...

I've met a lot of people who do yoga. It's funny how people who are really into yoga talk about some crazy position that they do. "I can do a one-handed Mayurasana" or some such things. I have to laugh a bit because I am overweight and I have severe arthritis so my bone joints of my body are...

Your comment "all will eventually be saved" reminds me of one of my ideas about what happens after you die. See the section below in bold: I have an idea that when you die you have the opportunity to go into the light and experience God's infinite beauty. We become so enamored by God's...

Loosh is such a great word! It reminds me of my first wife. She was a black hole of emotional need sucking the life energy out of everyone she met. I'm actually quite astonished I survived my first marriage. To answer your question you kiss your mother on the cheek. Your bear reminds me of...

Or, more like a unity of opposites. An ego can only be as big as it is small. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_of_opposites

Thomas knows more about religion than I do. I am just an amateur. We just both have an appreciation for Apophatic theology which is probably the most interesting way of thinking about God I have found.

The answer to your question is a bit of subjectivity versus objectivity to it. Anything based on "reasons" is in the realm of objectivity. However, what is "good" objective thinking is determined by subjectivity. The problem is discussions about religion and spirituality mostly occurs in the...

Well, obviously my thoughts are coming from somewhere.

Language = delusions, words are not the reality they represent.

I tend to ignore the other Buddhas. I would say it is a personal conclusion. I think when we die we go into the light and experience God's infinite beauty the last few nanoseconds of our brain activity. It's only a few nanoseconds but our perception of it is it lasts for all eternity. When...