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by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is it possible that all the beings will attain Nibbana one day?
Replies: 35
Views: 1645

Re: Is it possible that all the beings will attain Nibbana one day?

Greetings, Is it possible that all the beings will attain Nibbana one day? Well, the infinite monkey theorem states that if you let a monkey hit the keys of a typewriter at random an infinite amount of times, eventually the monkey will type out the entire works of Shakespeare, so maybe? 🤔😂 With that...
by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings McQueen, My apologies Paul. Sometimes a question asked in the wrong place/time can be very disrupting. May your practice of metta continue to be strong. Thank you for your continued patience. Next time I will PM you :anjali: No need to apologise at all. It's an absolute pleasure to have th...
by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings, Thanks for openly sharing your pompous contempt. So what was said is not true? No. Mere projection and conjecture. Better to speak of what one has known for themselves than to rattle off arrogant and misguided diatribes about those they've never even met, let alone been. All the best. Met...
by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Sasha,

Thanks for openly sharing your pompous contempt.

All the best.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Joe, Thank for you sharing your perspective, from your vantage point. Nah... You are hedging your bet in "stock terminology". Many here in this board do that. If one is serious, one will just stick to 1. Continue to learn and practice. You can say that, but as I said all the way ...
by retrofuturist
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Joe, Silabataparamasa needs to be broken. That is not accepting anything from outside without any reproduceable hard proof especially with developed faculties. Which is fine as it goes, but what when one has experienced the fruits of the Spirit for themselves? What then? What if one's hear...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Sphairos,
sphairos wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:48 am Hi Retro,

Why the Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent God simply could not make us all Gods?
You'd have to ask him that, although I wonder how could the created be God? It would certainly be a different kind of being by definition.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Ceisiwr, Sacrificing himself to please himself doesn’t make much sense. He could just forgive and judge us by our actions :shrug: Your perspective only makes sense if you're negating or rejecting sin, and downgrading it to a doctrine of actions or deeds. Unlike kamma however, holiness (the...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Adam, Please be professional. My views are widespread. Not that I've ever seen, and not that I see in the Bible, so wherever they're allegedly "widespread" is of no interest to me. I think this probably concludes our exchange as you seem more interested in road-testing your pet t...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Ceisiwr, Only the sacrifice of a perfect one free from sin could be sufficient to atone for the sins of mankind. Why does God need to sacrifice himself to save us from himself? Because he is both perfect in judgement and perfect in mercy. God did not create sin, and being perfect in holine...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Adam, What is the purpose of the crucifixion? ‭‭Romans 6:23 says "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Only the sacrifice of a perfect one free from sin could be sufficient to atone for the sins of mankind. What of this &qu...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Adam, I challenge retrofuturist to explicate on the nature of Christ's condemnation, as well as the holy spirit. These from a Buddhist perspective, please. From a "Buddhist perspective" the fundamental problem is dukkha, not sin, so what could Buddhism say to the cross? Nothing m...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:23 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Adam, What a load of nonsense. Where do you get your ludicrous ideas? It's definitely not from scripture. How do you explain that Jesus suffered God's wrath? Because I explain it with reference to karma. Moreso your nonsensical ideas of Jesus being a sinner. I'm not going to argue the toss...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19722

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Adam,

What a load of nonsense. Where do you get your ludicrous ideas? It's definitely not from scripture.

All the best.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Orthodox Christian criticism of Buddhism
Replies: 21
Views: 1041

Re: Orthodox Christian criticism of Buddhism

Greetings, From the first 12 minutes or so. I stopped watching then as he’s basically misrepresenting Buddhism, the critique points are not in line with the teachings that are expounded in the suttas. This is one of the problems with cross-religious analyses. It takes long enough to understand your ...