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The Discovering Buddhism program is the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: October 26, 2006 at 11:11 am
Author: mofreedom

Length: 00:03:52
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theonewayroad01 (January 8, 2009 at 11:39 am)
Science grew out of philosophy and still uses philosophy on situations which cannot be explained by science.

Can you define what reality is?

And can you give an example where Calculus helps us understanding reality?
hitchwatch (January 8, 2009 at 11:12 am)
"If it wasn't for philosophy the world wouldn't be developed to this level."

Science grew out of philosophy and left it behind.

"And do you think knowing Calculus is knowing science? Science is all about reasoning. Petty can't understand that."

Calculus helps us understand reality.
theonewayroad01 (January 8, 2009 at 11:09 am)
Oh man, you're such a kid. y" are you happy now?

If it wasn't for philosophy the world wouldn't be developed to this level.

And do you think knowing Calculus is knowing science? Science is all about reasoning. Petty can't understand that.
hitchwatch (January 8, 2009 at 10:50 am)
"I'm only asking you to prove Buddhism is Bullshit [sic] by proper reasoning."

The burden of proof is on you. I can't prove that Jesus didn't rise from the grave and that sort of thing, but these miracles seem rather unlikely compared to straightforward explanations (like death is permanent and there is no such thing as a soul). I'm glad that your bullshit philosophy has given you the piece of mind to engage in pointless arguments over the Internet.
hitchwatch (January 8, 2009 at 10:48 am)
"I have the [sic] perfect spellings"

Hilarious.

"You claim you're smart person just because you know the second derivative of a parabola?"

I'm saying that it's pretty easy to show that you don't know the first thing about science.
theonewayroad01 (January 8, 2009 at 10:43 am)
"I know that it's mostly bullshit.", is that the way of reasoning you learned in school?

I never said, I'm smart, I passed out college with flying colours, I have the perfect spellings. And I never claimed I'm an expert on the limitations of science.

You claim you're smart person just because you know the second derivative of a parabola?

I'm only asking you to prove Buddhism is Bullshit by proper reasoning.
hitchwatch (January 8, 2009 at 10:32 am)
"You can't eventually reach Nirvana. You don't know anything about Buddhism. Which again tells a story about your intelligence."

I know that it's mostly bullshit.

"Why can't they do the same thing with living beings? Would you call Science bullshit because it can't do that? Or because Science can't describe what happens after death?"

Since you are such an expert on the limitations of science, can you give me the second derivative of a parabola?
theonewayroad01 (January 8, 2009 at 10:22 am)
You can't eventually reach Nirvana. You don't know anything about Buddhism. Which again tells a story about your intelligence.

Electronic devices stops working because it develops a fault. Once the fault is fixed it starts functioning as it used to be.

Why can't they do the same thing with living beings? Would you call Science bullshit because it can't do that? Or because Science can't describe what happens after death?
hitchwatch (January 8, 2009 at 9:39 am)
"Do you think not harming other people and minding one's own business is living in a fantasy world?"

It is when it is combined with the concept of a soul being reincarnated with the hope of eventually reaching nirvana or whatever.

"Can you physically (scientifically) prove that?"

Seems a lot more likely that your crackpot scenario. There is absolutely no evidence to the contrary.
theonewayroad01 (January 8, 2009 at 9:05 am)
Do you think not harming other people and minding one's own business is living in a fantasy world?

"Yeah, my counter-theory is that you die and stay dead." Can you physically (scientifically) prove that?

Can you physically describe what happens when you die?