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The Buddha Was Wrong - Reloaded

onemind

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Hi all,

I recently released a free book about buddhism and was hoping someone here could give me their take on it.

I know it is a huge ask to get someone to read a book :P

It is only 50 pages, more like a booklet. So if there are any skeptics here interested in buddhism i would be happy to hear your thoughts.

The book is here: http://www.lulu.com/content/1931167

And its website is here: http://www.thebuddhawaswrong.com

Thanks
 
So what to say about the Lotus Sutra, reciting Amitbha Buddha to be born into pure land, and the various other religious practices found in Mahayana? I mean really people, must I say anything? If this stuff doesn’t scream out religious cult meme bull **** I don’t know what does. My only advice to Mahayana Buddhists would be, don’t smoke crack.
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I hate to break it to you secular Buddhists but you guys are retarded.
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I mean, if you really believe in a reincarnated being to begin with you are already retarded. I mean really, the 14th incarnation of a bodhisattva? Hooolllleeeeeey ****.
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St Thomas Aquinas refuting the Manichees could scarcely have phrased it better.
 
lol

You left out the bit where i commented on ad hominems, empty argument, logical fallacies ect ect..

Lets overlook the mahayana section for arguments sake and discuss rebirth, nirvana and emptiness :P
 
Before DrA's post, I had no interest in reading your work.

After DrA's post, you can double that.

Why would I want to 'discuss' anything with you?
 
Why would I want to 'discuss' anything with you?
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likewise..

Granted the mahayana section is a bit of a joke. I make no argument against the mahyana school of buddhism.
 
Never in my life did it ever occur to me that there were not one but two anti-Buddhists and that I would meet them both.
 
onemind said:
lol

You left out the bit where i commented on ad hominems, empty argument, logical fallacies ect ect..

Lets overlook the mahayana section for arguments sake and discuss rebirth, nirvana and emptiness :P
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Calling people retarded in not critical thinking, it might show your are not critical of your own thoughts.

There is much to be sceptical of in buddhism, you can be like Yrreg and ignore all the things that buddhists on this forum are sceptical of in buddhism.

Reincarnation, rebirth, kamma can be mystical garbage.

But nibbanna can also just be extinguishment of attachment to the self, emptiness just might be the idea that thoughts and emotions are empty human constructs and should not be mistaken for things in and of themselves. They may have validity or they may be just illusion.

Rebirth like kamma can just be the transmission of choices and consequences.

:P
 
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Never in my life did it ever occur to me that there were not one but two anti-Buddhists and that I would meet them both.
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Don't forget the Buddha-statue-destroying Taliban!

onemind: Are you aware that there is a very unpopular anti-Buddhist poster here that goes by Yrreg? So you may expect a hostile reaction from some posters here due to that association. I read the first couple pages and your book seems to be reasonable so far. A long time ago I read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, but now I have little use for any religion including Buddhism. I find the Enlightenment tradition of David Hume and scientific outlook of Carl Sagan to be my own inspiration.
 
Here we have a poor fellow who can't spell "etc." saying that he's written a 50-page booklet. Well, maybe he has.
 
Did Yrreg and Onemind ever meet because I've got a feeling it still wouldn't go very well.
 
No one has problems calling muslims and christians retarded but every apologetic under the sun has a big cry about the validility of devas, hungry ghosts, rebirth, nirvana, karma, hell realms, ect ect. Who care about the spelling of ect?

It is like dealing with pedantic librarians on this forum. Every other forum on the net where this is being discussed has a reasonable level of debate but you guys just want to bitch and moan.

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Attack the argument, not the one making it.
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And yes, you can put that in your sig. Self deprication is a reliable way to cover up your bs.
 
onemind said:
lol

You left out the bit where i commented on ad hominems, empty argument, logical fallacies ect ect..
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Your tract does indeed, at one point, contain the phrase: "Ad Hominems, logical fallacies, faulty non existent argument ect ect."

A lesser man would have put a verb in that sentence.

As it is, it's not quite clear whether these are accusations that you're levelling against Buddhists or merely a note to yourself on how you intend to complete the chapter.
 
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As it is, it's not clear whether these are accusations that you're levelling against Buddhists or merely a note to yourself on how you intend to complete the chapter.
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No, it is an anticipation for the predicatable quoting from that chapter :)

I dont feel the need to debunk pureland, amitabha or bodhisattvas any more than i need to disprove unicorns and am happy to leave mahayanans to it because they are beyond reason hence closing the chapter advising them to keep reciting..
 
I read through some of it, but it started seeming like a retarded rant. I can see why it's free. Good luck with that.
 
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