Dalai Lama says 'religions are no longer adequate'

[faethor]

http://io9.com/5942616/dalai-lama-tells-his-facebook-friends-that-religion-is-no-longer-adequate

All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether

 

[cecilia]

 

[Glaucus]

Ya, I'd have to agree. Small time spirituality is likely the biggest threat to mainstream religion and mainstream religion hasn't even noticed because they're too obsessed with harmless atheists.

 

[faethor]

Islam is worried about destroying Christians. Christians are worried about destroying Christians. Atheists are worried about downing beer.

 

[cecilia]

 

[cecilia]

The Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Believe in God

 

[cecilia]

Islam is worried about destroying Christians. Christians are worried about destroying Christians. Atheists are worried about downing beer.

what I like:
http://vimeo.com/evosia/ascendance

Shot in Joshua Tree National Park and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest during the Perseid meteor shower

 

[robert l. bentham]

All these things were once explained by religion. But as we understood the world better, and learned to observe it more carefully, the explanations based on religion were replaced by ones based on physical cause and effect. Consistently. Thoroughly. Like a steamroller. The number of times that a supernatural explanation of a phenomenon has been replaced by a natural explanation? Thousands upon thousands upon thousands.
Now. The number of times that a natural explanation of a phenomenon has been replaced by a supernatural one? The number of times humankind has said, “We used to think (X) was caused by physical cause and effect, but now we understand that it’s caused by God, or spirits, or demons, or the soul”?
Exactly zero.

hahahahahahahahahaha!!!

 

[robert l. bentham]

Islam is worried about destroying Christians. Christians are worried about destroying Christians. Atheists are worried about downing beer.

and playing with dogs, and kitties... and taking photographs, and reading science articles.. helping others, raising their families and well you get the point...