Religion, God, The Bible, Higher Powers Options

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I have a question for all of you believers out there...

If there are so many different reilgions, then how do you know which is true (please dont answer with 'faith')? If there were some 'higher-power' that everybody knew was true why wouldnt the whole world become that religion, or believe in them?

I think that the whole Bible, God, Higher Power deal is fake. There was once this man who traveled to Africa (around the 1400's before any European had ever been there) and wrote a book about how there are people there that had faces in there chests, necks 5 feet tall, etc. Everybody believed it. How do you know the Bible deal isnt like this? I am pretty sure there is no proof that this stuff is real... so please explain it to me. And don't say faith because some people who dont believe, or have 'faith', dont think that there is a higher power and it is just a bunch of... fake stuff.

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smthngcrprategrl34 Dec 11 2004, 5:43 PM Post #9

the problem with the bible is that it was written about 2 million years ago! since then it has been rewritten and translated so much that things have been altered and the bible is no longer accurate if it even was to begin with.

yea, its probaly all lies now. the bible is f**k up already. its so misunderstanding.

i found something wierd about buddha's religons althought i'm buddism. one of the eightfold path says that " as a buddism, you should not be wealthy or poor . you should be between poor and wealthy, which it is called " the middle way " it means to be in the middle of too much of something and too little of something.

the problem is .. " Gotama " ( the founder of buddha's religons )

let me repeaT .. " THE PROBLEM IS THAT GOTAMA WAS NOT RICH, HE WAS VERY POOR, HOW DID HE BECAME BUDDHA ? ONE OF HIS EIGHTFOLD PATH SAIDS " ALWAYS BE IN THE " MIDDLE ". HE WASNT IN THE MIDDLE, HE WAS BE LOW " MIDDLE ". DO YOU PEOPLE SEE THE DIFFERENT, HE MADE UP THE EIGHTFUL PATH SAYING " BE IN A MIDDLE " SO YOU WILL NOT SUFFER AS MUCH. HE NEVER BEEN AT THE " MIDDLE ".

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I MEAN ? ITS KINDA HARD TO EXPLAIN UNLESS YOUR BUDDISM.

forgive me for my grammer and spelling if you find any.

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smthngcrprategrl34  Dec 11 2004, 5:43 PM Post #9 
the problem is ..  " Gotama " ( the founder of buddha's religons )

let me repeaT .. " THE PROBLEM IS THAT GOTAMA WAS NOT RICH, HE WAS VERY POOR,  HOW DID HE BECAME BUDDHA ? ONE OF HIS EIGHTFOLD PATH SAIDS " ALWAYS BE IN THE " MIDDLE ". HE WASNT IN THE MIDDLE, HE WAS BE LOW " MIDDLE ". DO YOU PEOPLE SEE THE DIFFERENT, HE MADE UP THE EIGHTFUL PATH SAYING " BE IN A MIDDLE " SO YOU WILL NOT SUFFER AS MUCH. HE NEVER BEEN AT THE " MIDDLE ".

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I MEAN ? ITS KINDA HARD TO EXPLAIN UNLESS YOUR BUDDISM.

forgive me for my grammer and spelling if you find any.

I'm disappointed in you. Don't call yourself Buddhist when you don't even know how it came about. Please. It gives Buddhism a bad name for having a clueless follower.

Siddhartha Gautama was a Prince. Yes, he was rich, however, he gave up ALL HIS WORLDLY POSSESSIONS which was a part of his enlightenment. Please google "Siddhartha Gautama" and learn more about him.

I'm not a Buddhist, but it seems I understand more than you. *Sigh*. I was actually sad when I read your post.