Charles asks…
What was the name of the bull deity that sheltered Buddha from a storm?
I am almost sure they said that it was a bull that rose up out of the ground and watched over Buddha while he was meditating during a storm. Anyway, what was the name of the deity?
weight loss cardiff answers:
Mucalinda the serpent king sheltered Buddha during the storm for seven days.
Maria asks…
Can Christians have their deity without the dogma or are the two inextricably linked?
It’s not the deity that prevents Christians from being rational; it’s the dogma. The dogma has this constant insistence that it is absolute truth despite rock solid evidence that proves otherwise. This is the definition of irrationality, right, insisting that some nonsense is absolute truth despite rock solid evidence that proves otherwise? So it’s not the deity that handicaps Christians; it’s the dogma. Will Christians ever be free of the dogma monkey on their backs?
weight loss cardiff answers:
Your “rock solid evidence” is mere assertion. As such, it is no less dogmatic than Christianity.
Ken asks…
Why don’t Christians who accept evolution throw the deity out with the dogma?
The deity wouldn’t exist without the dogma. The dogma provides every believed thing about the deity. If the dogma is false, then the deity is false too, right? Christians who accept evolution have made a conclusion that their dogma is false. Sure, some of them try to weasel their dogma into their understanding of evolution, but the acceptance that their dogma is false is inescapable, but they still can’t bring themselves to throw the deity out with the dogma. Why not?
weight loss cardiff answers:
Your first assertion that “the deity wouldn’t exist without the dogma” is IMHO faulty. God, as I understand God, existed before dogma did, and God will exist long after dogma has perished. Dogma never taught me about God. My experience of God taught me about God. That experience is not dogma, or scripture, or some sort of rational or logical proposition. It is experience. God, as I understand God, exists outside of any dogma. Dogmas may be *false* or *stupid* or *illogical* or a million other things, but I realize that dogma is not my God.
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