Hello Group, I beleieve that we can acheive world peace by following the most basic tenets of the worlds 4 major religions. This is what I propose: The...
Debbie: I am fine. I am in grad school and trying to finish my degree in a year shorter time than the program calls for. This means I am taking classes year...
Hello Group, My name is Shawn and I am a Christian who is interested in Buddhism. I am from Gary Indiana, and I am going on 43 years this month. I am single...
Shawn: Welcome. This group ebbs and flows. Right now we are in a low point with hardly any posts recently. A few months ago there were 15 posts a day and...
Hey Shawn, welcome to the group! I'm a 25-year-old Christian with what I like to call Buddhist tendencies. :-) I've found that studying Buddhism has...
Shawn, Welcome to the group. I live in San Francisco, California. I am 63 years old and my partner Joe and I have been together almost 41 years. I am Roman...
A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread...
Thanks Everyone for the warm welcome. I'm going to read into teh archives to see how much I can learn there. Also I'm checking out the links section. It's...
So, is it acceptable in Christianity to view God as something other than a being or entity "out there"? Sometimes, I wonder if I am going so far afield in my...
I struggle with this question as well. Since I left the LDS (Mormon) church, my entire view on God has changed. I always saw God as a being, but I think more...
Hi Debbie, In Christian terms, I think we can view God as both out there and as something internal via the Holy Spirit. The Bible also says that we're made in...
Debbie, It depends on whom you ask. I would say it is perfectly to view G-d as something other than a being "out there". In fact, I think it's biblical to...
I'd also highly recommend The Transcended Christian by Daniel Helminiak or "The Heart of Christianity" by Marcus Borg. Both are Christian authors who have...
Scott, my thoughts are in line with yours. I struggle, however, with being uncomfortable in Christian circles when the conversation turns to what God does for...
Brian ... Thanks ... I will look into these!! Perhaps what I am looking for is a way to respond to those who would tell me that I could not be Christian given...
Debbie, I can certainly relate. I also often feel uncomfortable in Christian group settings, firstly because I tend to be bitter about my experience with the ...
Hi Debbie- i just happened to come to this group,which I have been absent from for a few months...have been a member awhile saw this thread and thought Id jump...
its interesting-I was trying to explain Buddhism to a devout Catholic woman( I was raised Catholic)and she said it sounded very selfish...I was trying to...
My wife is also Bipolar, though she has never had to be hospitalized. It did take us years to find a combo of meds that kept her cycles under control. She's...
Michael, Excellent, excellent, excellent!!! Thanks so much for sending this link ...... Lancaster's talk was intriguing ... I look forward to listening to it...
"[God] himself neither is nor becomes in any way at all any of the things that are or become, since he can in no way be ranked naturally with the things that...
On May 13, 2007, theologian James Alison spoke at the London Centre for Spirituality. It was a day of ecumenical discussion and exploration about the use of...
Michael Miller as always is quite eloquent and his post says it all very well. Christianity has ALWAYS taught that God is not to be thought of like an old man...
Scott, I discovered your blog today. What a wonderful place to visit. http://blendingzen.org/blog/ Michael -- In christian-buddhist@yahoogroups.com, Scott...
The LDS church on it's own in an entire different topic, but I was ALWAYS raised to believe that God was an old man in the sky, even through adulthood. To...
Scott: You are not alone in thinking you were supposed to see God as an old man in the sky...an actual being (like us) out there somewhere...invisible or...
... I am interested in meditations of all kinds including astral projection and past life regression which is the fun stuff. Also I find a lot of Buddhist...
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