Religion should be illegal. Encourages people to have contempt for US law.
You haven't read it, have you? On the other hand, you know that I've read it because I was able to call bullshit on your error. You are now EVADING because you realize that I have a good understanding of the Dhammapada and that you do not. You are EVADING because you were once again caught trying to roleplay a thmart perthon and we're revealed to be ignorant on the topic. There is a valid reason that you lack credibility.
All you had to do was to identify two gods in the Dhammapada, which you assert is "chock full" of God's and other supernatural entities. You instead rushed to somehow disqualify me from being able to ask any questions.
You're a moron.
Global Warming violates the 1st LoT by claiming a magical creation of thermal energy out of nothing, in the form of a temperature increase, which is somehow caused by a magical substance.
Greenhouse Effect violates Stefan-Boltzmann and black body science by claiming that an increase in earth's temperature is somehow caused by a decrease in earth's radiance.
Greenhouse Effect violates the 2nd LoT by claiming that the cooler atmosphere somehow heats the warmer earth's surface.
Obviously you've been duped, because you believed what internet message boarders told you, rather than reading any classical Buddhist scripture for yourself.
There is a clique of Americans on internet forums who wish to present Buddhism as a rational, reasonable, quasi-atheist alternative free of superstition and myth compared to those primitive Abrahamic religions.
Read the Dhammapada for yourself. It is chock full of references to the diety Mara, Hell, Devas, and samsara. All of which sound as fantastical and superstious as anything in the New Testament
You are a troll who just wasted ten minutes of my time.
The translation of the Dhammapada I looked at by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu has 22 references to god and over 40 references to the trickster diety Mara.
I accept your confession in advance that I was 200 percent correct. From now on, my default posture will be that you are a troll poster.
There are ten references to hell in my translation of the Dhammapada from the library, one reference to Maghavan (Indra), two references to Gandharva, one reference to Brahman, and over 40 references to Mara.
"Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous people go to heaven; those who are free from all worldly desire attain Nirvana "
--> The Dhammapada, The Essential Teachings of the Buddha
Published by General Press, New Delhi India, 2019
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There are ten references to hell in my translation of the Dhammapada.
"Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous people go to heaven; those who are free from all worldly desire attain Nirvana "
--> The Dhammapada, The Essential Teachings of the Buddha
Published by General Press, New Delhi India, 2019
This is where you identify two gods referenced in the Dhammapada and throw it all in my face. For your convenience I have included the Dhammapada (with English translation) here:
https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.n...pada/index.htm
Global Warming violates the 1st LoT by claiming a magical creation of thermal energy out of nothing, in the form of a temperature increase, which is somehow caused by a magical substance.
Greenhouse Effect violates Stefan-Boltzmann and black body science by claiming that an increase in earth's temperature is somehow caused by a decrease in earth's radiance.
Greenhouse Effect violates the 2nd LoT by claiming that the cooler atmosphere somehow heats the warmer earth's surface.
More than two gods, and multiple references to Hell.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...16#post5596516
Next time you want to compose a "gotcha!" post, you can't do it out of ignorance, and you can't base it on three minutes of frantically googling for tidbits of info.
Global Warming violates the 1st LoT by claiming a magical creation of thermal energy out of nothing, in the form of a temperature increase, which is somehow caused by a magical substance.
Greenhouse Effect violates Stefan-Boltzmann and black body science by claiming that an increase in earth's temperature is somehow caused by a decrease in earth's radiance.
Greenhouse Effect violates the 2nd LoT by claiming that the cooler atmosphere somehow heats the warmer earth's surface.
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