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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Many would assume, and naturally so, that Christianity teaches a somewhat opposing view of death and the afterlife than Buddhism, but a closer comparative look reveals that there are some important and interesting similarites of belief.
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I think it's great that over mankind's history, isolated groups of people have developed belief systems that often mirror each other.
the medicine wheel of native american belief wisely predicts and explains this similarity.
the Great Spirit exists
within the circle of life.
as a man (or woman) traverses this circle through time and experience, they will each have a different view inward, but ultimately, they are "seeing" the same thing.
I'm pretty sure that I've posted almost exactly this same thing before, but I think that it's beautiful. [this board will never witness me post anything else as personal].
although
my beliefs do not attract me to any one organized religion, I feel sad for those that do not see or sense the underlying current that caused this
infinitely complex universe to arise.
as far as art goes, I feel that it stems from the same place as religion.
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