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I am Atheist, which is pretty close to be Buddhist.

Rubbish.

Buddhism is very far away from atheism. Please read up on the religion.

I thought it was more like a life philosophy than a religion.

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I am Atheist, which is pretty close to be Buddhist.

Rubbish.

Buddhism is very far away from atheism. Please read up on the religion.

I thought it was more like a life philosophy than a religion.

and it has no god.

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Agnostic. All concepts seem ridiculous to me, but I wouldn't rule any out.

That was always something I couldn't understand. How someone can see the concepts as ridiculous but wouldn't rule them out.

My countries president tells he is Agnostic so I thought a lot of it.

My two most reasonable explanations were: "He just does not care about that topic" or "He is an Atheist, but doesn't want to make the Catholics complete upset".

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I'm a dyslexic, agnostic insomniac. I lie awake at night wondering if there is a dog.

And,,,,, no. I don't think they do at all all become Buddhist. Religion is a very personal think (except to those yankies who walk about trying to force it down your throat). I would say that most farang living here that you might confuse with being Buddhist are playing a part to keep their GFs happy and if offered the slightest chance to not go and build a wall at a temple will find a way not to.

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Agnostic. All concepts seem ridiculous to me, but I wouldn't rule any out.

That was always something I couldn't understand. How someone can see the concepts as ridiculous but wouldn't rule them out.

My countries president tells he is Agnostic so I thought a lot of it.

My two most reasonable explanations were: "He just does not care about that topic" or "He is an Atheist, but doesn't want to make the Catholics complete upset".

Ok, science. Big bang theory and evolution. In my mind kind of possible, but evolution is about survival of the fittest for survivals sake. So where does consciousness come in to it. If we had no 'soul' as such we would be much more adaptable and better suited to survival. What is the point of 'I think therefore I am' in an evolutionary sense? Was is just an evolutionary glitch?

Regarding the big bang. Why was there a big bang? Where did the elements come from? What was there before? Don't say nothing, how can that be? Nothing into something doesn't work either, like all energies are transferred, so what where they transferred from?

Religions in general with a guy in the clouds. Well where does he come from? Who made him? Why would he/she want to make the world? What's the point?

Did a God make the big bang so science and a God can go hand in hand? I dunno. If a God is so clever why just 'speak' to some people, knowing full well that we are a sceptical lot? Why not speak to everyone. Then again, do we explain ourselves to beetles.

Back to the survival thing. Why do we care? We are all going to die. Your (not you specifically) lovely new born child is just going to be dust in 150 years, so what's the point!

I'm certainly not atheist because I can't rule anything out. But don't you think they are all equally absurd?

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Agnostic. All concepts seem ridiculous to me, but I wouldn't rule any out.

That was always something I couldn't understand. How someone can see the concepts as ridiculous but wouldn't rule them out.

My countries president tells he is Agnostic so I thought a lot of it.

My two most reasonable explanations were: "He just does not care about that topic" or "He is an Atheist, but doesn't want to make the Catholics complete upset".

Ok, science. Big bang theory and evolution. In my mind kind of possible, but evolution is about survival of the fittest for survivals sake. So where does consciousness come in to it. If we had no 'soul' as such we would be much more adaptable and better suited to survival. What is the point of 'I think therefore I am' in an evolutionary sense? Was is just an evolutionary glitch?

Regarding the big bang. Why was there a big bang? Where did the elements come from? What was there before? Don't say nothing, how can that be? Nothing into something doesn't work either, like all energies are transferred, so what where they transferred from?

Religions in general with a guy in the clouds. Well where does he come from? Who made him? Why would he/she want to make the world? What's the point?

Did a God make the big bang so science and a God can go hand in hand? I dunno. If a God is so clever why just 'speak' to some people, knowing full well that we are a sceptical lot? Why not speak to everyone. Then again, do we explain ourselves to beetles.

Back to the survival thing. Why do we care? We are all going to die. Your (not you specifically) lovely new born child is just going to be dust in 150 years, so what's the point!

I'm certainly not atheist because I can't rule anything out. But don't you think they are all equally absurd?

I suggest you take your musings herehttp://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/576258-religiosity-declining-worldwide-survey/

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MJJ ..... The big bang theory says matter has always existed because as you said you cant get something from nothing , It doesn't even try to explain where it came from before the singularity of the bang because thats impossible.

The one similarity Science and Religion have is that both matter and "God" have always existed, and while the Science folks seem to think it's ok for matter but not for God , the God folks seems to think it's ok for God but not for matter ! ........ Some of them anyhow obviously not all.

The reality is that neither Science or Religion have really been able to figure out how either matter or God came into existance if not for the incomplete cavemanish explanation of ..... don't worry about it, it's always been here. Which could very well be true but doesn't sit very well with me.

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The topic is whether Westerners convert to Buddhism because they've spent a lot of time in Thailand or not. Any more stuff about science, God and atheism will be deleted.

Thanks.

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The topic is whether Westerners convert to Buddhism because they've spent a lot of time in Thailand or not. Any more stuff about science, God and atheism will be deleted.

Thanks.

Maybe it'll be a Creation thread in a future life. We should ask someone like ThailandMysteries, who might be an expert in reincarnation

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"Most farangs I know of converted to be Buddhist as they spend more time of their life in Thailand.

What do u think?"

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I think anyone converting to Buddhism wouldn't be posting from an XT910.......in fact they wouldn't be posting.

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I suggest you take your musings herehttp://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/576258-religiosity-declining-worldwide-survey/

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I'm not a Buddhist either..

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"Most farangs I know of converted to be Buddhist as they spend more time of their life in Thailand.

What do u think?"

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I think anyone converting to Buddhism wouldn't be posting from an XT910.......in fact they wouldn't be posting.

I m a Buddhist. Whats wrong with a XT910?

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"Most farangs I know of converted to be Buddhist as they spend more time of their life in Thailand.

What do u think?"

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I think anyone converting to Buddhism wouldn't be posting from an XT910.......in fact they wouldn't be posting.

I m a Buddhist. What's wrong using a RAZR maxx.

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Most of the farangs that I know are too busy having the time of their lives to even think think about something so arcane as Buddhism. I don't consider Buddhism to be a religion so how can anybody be converted to it? I do recognise however that many have changed their attitudes towards life and other people since coming to live here. I know that I certainly have.

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I am Atheist, which is pretty close to be Buddhist.

Depends. Buddhism doesn't include a God like the Christian God. But, that doesn't mean atheism and Buddhism are similar. Buddhism has a fairly expansive cosmology which includes dieties.....just not like Christianity. Does atheism have this? What is atheism's general philosophy of the universe?

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I am Atheist, which is pretty close to be Buddhist.

Depends. Buddhism doesn't include a God like the Christian God. But, that doesn't mean atheism and Buddhism are similar. Buddhism has a fairly expansive cosmology which includes dieties.....just not like Christianity. Does atheism have this? What is atheism's general philosophy of the universe?

post 18 will sort u out

No Im not going to be come a buddhist and Thailand wont be changing my cynical view of the world in general

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It's a shame that many have a negative mental picture of Buddhism and miss out on a practice which has the potential at the very least to unlock ones negative conditioning, and lead to improvement at many levels.

Insufficient paramis to get the message....... like casting pearls before swine..... to be pitied.

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It's a shame that many have a negative mental picture of Buddhism and miss out on a practice which has the potential at the very least to unlock ones negative conditioning, and lead to improvement at many levels.

Insufficient paramis to get the message....... like casting pearls before swine..... to be pitied.

I suppose we'll get a different audience in this forum than in the General forum

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