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   XPost: talk.philosophy.humanism   
   From: quoththeraven@nevermore.com   
      
   On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:44:17 -0500, bilgat@m.nu wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:56:12 -0230, David Dalton    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>These days I am having some doubts about my eight main deities   
   >>and am considering going atheist again as I have been twice before   
   >>for a good number of years.   But if I do so I would leave my   
   >   
   >being atheist is not something you go to and then go away from. Being   
   >a true atheist means realizing that the idea of a god or gods is so   
   >rediclous that one would never go back to a god. Saying that you   
   >become agnostic and then going back to theism isnt really an answer.   
   >If you ever "go back" to theism that just means tghat you never   
   >actually left. You just wanted a different title for awhile, but you   
   >were the kind of person that when you were in a pinch you would wisper   
   >a little prayer for some reassurance. That an atheist or agnostic does   
   >not make.   
   >   
   >>main messages on my Salmon on the Thorns web site, and leave   
   >>the description of my past mystical experiences, but would   
   >>remove the deities section.  And I would still claim to   
   >>be similar to some past major pagan and non-pagan   
   >>religious figures.  That similarity serves as a backing for   
   >>my main messages.   
   >>   
   >>Is it true that the Buddha had no deities?   
   >   
   >I am pretty sure that buddhaism does have deities   
      
   Mahayana Buddhism considers the Buddha himself to be a deity. Tibetan   
   Buddhism has more deities than most people have hairs on their head,   
   but they're not all that important. Zen and Hinayana/Therevada   
   Buddhism don't really consider the question important.   
      
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