View Article  Dialogue with a Neo-Buddhist: Action versus inaction 0610 04a

Clyde G. is a respected thinker and Neo-Buddhist who has been acknowledged for his ability to ask questions going to the heart of issues regarding metaphysical models of reality. 

Dan;

 

Hello.  I hope all is well with you.

 

In writing to someone to ask them about their understanding of reincarnation/transmigration I wrote something that caused me to think of you and your search for something personal that was born and would live eternally.  I wrote, “I can understand transmigration (metaphorically) as the eternal continuity of the consequences of our actions.”  So the something personal is our action; that was born because it came into existence with our doing, and would live eternally because the consequences are endless.

 
View Article  How does classical/traditional theism help us understand what life is? Part I of II

How does classical/traditional theism help us understand what life is?

 

 

Part I of II

 

Classical/traditional theism introduces into the West the idea that life in this universe is only a part of what life is.

 

Life now becomes a part of eternity.

 

Life goes beyond this universe into eternity itself.

 

 

Under atheism, life begins at day one and life ends on the last day of your life.

 

What is life?

 

Life is existing.

 

What is the purpose of life?

 

Life’s purpose is to exist.

 

What happens during life?

 

Many things, some “good,” some “bad.”

 

Why does life happen?

 

“Just because.”

 

That is enough explanation for atheism.

 

In essence, life has no greater purpose than being just what it is, “life,” something that begins and ends.

 

To be continued: Part II of II: Classical/traditional theism takes a step beyond...