"Conservative Christian reality star Josh Duggar admits to cheating on his wife"

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/71320856/Conservative-Christian-re...

christianity , islam, buddhism, hinduism

they all have the "truth" about 'reality ' buried very very deep under layers of BS.

its a shame the traditional religions have failed man so badly.

spiritual enlightenment is the highest goal a man can attain.

i consider that jesus, mohammed and the buddha all attained spiritual enlightenment and a very small number oif their followers did as well.

But the "truth" is a truth which can only be experienced , and even then this experience requires 1000's of hours of hard work.

It is a truth that cannot be communicated, and thats where religions fail.

people beleive they know the truth but they dont.
so they sink into ritual and ignorance

but science and aetheism are similarly "just a belief system" and dont lead to enlightenment.

you cannot find enlightenment in "thought"
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as such the smug aetheists are as misguided as the religious.
the smug scientists are as dogmatic as the bishops .


they are all on the wrong path

Stratos wrote on Aug 21^st, 2015 at 8:01am:


religions are founded on "prophets' who did the hard work to attain enlightenment.
so , yes, these prophets were trying to spread the "truth'
But it cant be spread by thought, only by experience.
And most people "think' they can know it in thought and wont do the hard work.

so most people 99.999 % of religious people or spiritual people are probably like this chap who had the affair.....they are trapped in the "egoic' paradym

This is true.
But how many followers of traditional religions are awake,

And remember that the buddha spent years stripping away the layers of the ego to attain this state.

Now scientists are just as stuck in the egoic paradym.
And so too are christians who see 'desire' for the flesh, stuck in this egoic paradym.

But the founders of most of the religions were enlightened in all probability.
this is what draws people to them


The analogy the buddha used was that he had 'tasted the mango"

Now if you are a follower of the buddha and listen to his wise words, study the mango, read every scientific and secular book written on mangoes, interview thousands of people about mangoes BUT NEVER ACTUALLY PUT ONE IN YOU MOUTH. 

can you KNOW the mango in THOUGHT.

no , you cant, you only have stories and thoughts and spiritual enlightenment requires first hand experience which requires 1000's of hours of work.

so . i say again.

most followers of religion or science or whatever are never going to reach enlightenment because they are stuck in a thought loop. and they need the experience.

I wonder how many of our members on here are on the LIST.....oh boy when do we get to see the list?? anyone know?..I bet the hackers want to sell it to the highest bidder...

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 21^st, 2015 at 7:44am:


And in related news, Bill Shorten cheats on two wives and you say nothing.

Ohhh shooot Ol Jim Bob Duggar cheeten on his wyyfe. Who wooda thunk it.  Why he looked more sadder then as possum in a bowl wit them hangdog eyes when he was caught with his pant rpound his knees

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