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having some doubts
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David Dalton
2014-06-02 04:27:35 UTC
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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
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, which are mostly non-religious.

Is it true that the Buddha had no deities?
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David Dalton ***@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
"I will stand beside the ocean/and revel in the tide/give myself
up to the rhythm/feel it welling up inside" (Colleen Eccleston)
SkyEyes
2014-09-29 09:47:14 UTC
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On Sunday, June 1, 2014 9:27:35 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:

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Post by David Dalton
Is it true that the Buddha had no deities?
Buddha taught that *if* any gods exist, they are irrelevant. The Buddhist Way certainly does not depend on the good offices of any gods in order to be a viable lifeway.

Brenda R. Nelson, A.A.#34 and A+ Atheist

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