Damien the Leper Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 I was curious as to whether or not LDS people may generally agree with the message being portrayed by this author.Overall, I enjoyed the message.
mfbukowski Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 I was curious as to whether or not LDS people may generally agree with the message being portrayed by this author.Overall, I enjoyed the message.Sure.But that doesn't rhyme with anything. Man that's annoying.
JeremyOrbe-Smith Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 Ye Gods, this guy's affectations are annoying. The general underlying message is okay enough (anthropologically speaking, we're all "religious"), though I find the bits of evangelical interpretation peeking through to be fairly grating.
Walden Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 Interestingly, though the message is intended to comes across as Christian, the ideas sound more Buddhist at their core. His statement that ""What do you chase so that you don't feel alone? What defines you? What do you give ultimate worth? And what if taken would bring ultimate hurt? Now see, that is your god," seems to align with the Buddhist concept that suffering is the result of attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof. 1
The Nehor Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Well, there is no danger of this guy's youtube channel becoming a false god so he helped with that at least.
Stargazer Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Interestingly, though the message is intended to comes across as Christian, the ideas sound more Buddhist at their core. His statement that ""What do you chase so that you don't feel alone? What defines you? What do you give ultimate worth? And what if taken would bring ultimate hurt? Now see, that is your god," seems to align with the Buddhist concept that suffering is the result of attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof.I've never thought that Buddhism was the antithesis of Christianity. Then, too, I've heard many of his points being made in Sacrament meeting, and I do believe that pastors of many varieties have covered some of what he covered.I enjoyed it. But didn't find it particularly earthshaking.
RobertAC Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 I've never thought that Buddhism was the antithesis of Christianity. To some extent it is. Buddha did not say whether or not any supreme deity exists; he simply said that the issue is not relevant for one's personal salvation. Consequently, there are Buddhists who are Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Taoist, Confucian, Satanist, Atheist, Wiccan, and probably some Mormon too. One can adopt a theistic belief and also harmonize it with Buddhist teachings. I fit the technical definition of an atheist in that I do not put a faith in God. However, from what this video is saying, I could be considered a theist in that I have faith in a natural order of things and I have personal attachments. If these personal attachments could be considered an expression of God, then the message of this video is wandering into Buddhist philosophy.
telnetd Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 There is one part in the video where he asks the question, "What's on your throne?"If one had asked this question a long time ago to a certain man, this man would haveprobably said, "I don't have any throne yet". Some believe this man eventually wenton to become a God and the Heavenly Father of our Earth.Gail
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