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Ah yes, get rid of the bad guys and everything will be perfect. I am beginning to see the attraction Trump holds for The Faithful.Because that's how you get a perfect 'New' Heaven & Earth.
Ah yes, get rid of the bad guys and everything will be perfect. I am beginning to see the attraction Trump holds for The Faithful.Because that's how you get a perfect 'New' Heaven & Earth.
You mean who’s to stop it!]If both heaven and earth - presumably both being perfect at one time - has imperfect or undesirable inhabitants that that must be gotten rid of, what's to stop a constant stream 'undesirables' from emerging as inhabitants become dissatisfied and rebel?
How would you yourself go about it if there were evil bad guys?Ah yes, get rid of the bad guys and everything will be perfect. I am beginning to see the attraction Trump holds for The Faithful.Because that's how you get a perfect 'New' Heaven & Earth.
They didn't see half of humanity as evil so they wouldn't see the situation in the same light. In Buddhism all is innately good and the problem is that being self-centered causes people to be unable to see it. The solution is to offer to everyone a practical means to be less self-centered.How would Buddah or Confucius or any other peace-guru handle justice for the heinous atrocities done against their victims? Would they be capable without hesitation, despite the feeling of regret, not wanting to meet out punishment, which would be going against the laws of deterrence?
How would you yourself go about it if there were evil bad guys?
If you look at the bible myths as the allegories and metaphors they are, Satan vs God is about the human inner conflict of good versus evil.Judaism has satan as an agent of God, doing God's will in order to test His Chosen People and carry out the Grand Plan.
Sins are forgiven, sinners (including killers) can change/repent, become good according to Christianity.They didn't see half of humanity as evil so they wouldn't see the situation in the same light. In Buddhism all is innately good and the problem is that being self-centered causes people to be unable to see it. The solution is to offer to everyone a practical means to be less self-centered.How would Buddah or Confucius or any other peace-guru handle justice for the heinous atrocities done against their victims? Would they be capable without hesitation, despite the feeling of regret, not wanting to meet out punishment, which would be going against the laws of deterrence?
Jesus wants to see the 'kinder light' in everyone. Buddhism unfortunately doesn't deal with the 'dark' realities, looking beyond into the kinder light. Besides, Christianity can have positive effects, depending how one views the faith.Your sort of christianity has got a strong manichean streak to it. It's a dark, pessimistic view that sees much of God's own creation as hateful and disposable. Whereas Buddhism just wants people to see reality in a kinder light, because they believe how our minds are is how the world is.
I thought sins were atoned for by the blood sacrifice of an innocent man, and no other means. Not forgiven. If God is willing or able to simply exercise forgiveness, why send Jesus at all?Sins are forgiven,
You're a little mixed up. There are those who want to be with God i.e. the ones who will be satisfied and then there are those who will be dissatisfied.How would you yourself go about it if there were evil bad guys?
That’s not hypothetical. There are bad guys and we are them. Don’t you read that book you think a spook wrote?
'Love your neighbour and your love your enemies' suddenly came to mind.Those ghost writers got a few things right, and that’s one of them.
Personally the way I “go about it” is to first be kind to animals, then hope it carries over to humans. Even the harmfully stupid and superstitious ones.
No... I'd rather be Christian.And you? Do you spend your life identifying Bad Guys and trying to eliminate them?
What a waste. A harmful waste at that.
For clarification so I could give a more appropriate answer.I thought sins were atoned for by the blood sacrifice of an innocent man, and no other means. Not forgiven. If God is willing or able to simply exercise forgiveness, why send Jesus at all?Sins are forgiven,
People most certainly can and do murder, hate, and steal after becoming Christians. The majority of European history after the 5th century can be summarized as either "and then the Christians invaded somewhere else, raped, murdered, or enslaved the inhabitants, stole all their stuff and used the proceeds to build a stunningly beautiful church" or "sadly, the Christians ran out of foreign targets and began to slaughter one another, so the Pope needed to urgently find some new targets abroad". If that's the fruit of true repentance from acts of murder, hate, and theft, then we have different definitions of the word.For clarification so I could give a more appropriate answer.I thought sins were atoned for by the blood sacrifice of an innocent man, and no other means. Not forgiven. If God is willing or able to simply exercise forgiveness, why send Jesus at all?Sins are forgiven,
Are you saying you understand this to mean: people can still murder, hate and steal because of the sacrifice given by Jesus? Repentance comes into it too, here.
If you look at the bible myths as the allegories and metaphors they are, Satan vs God is about the human inner conflict of good versus evil.Judaism has satan as an agent of God, doing God's will in order to test His Chosen People and carry out the Grand Plan.
Jesus whispering in one ear don't do that, Satan whispering in the other ear go ahead dude!.
In Job God makes a bet with Satan Job's faith can not be broken. Satan rains a shit storm on Job who loses everything. In the end he breaks, but he is restored when he forgives his former friends who turned against him. A fable.