Great Unconformity

[Subduction Zone]

By not being atheist

By being Christian

And why would a Buddhist say this?

 

[JohnEmmett]

And why would a Buddhist say this?

Near Death videos

 

[Subduction Zone]

I am Christian as well as Buddhist


Because why not

You appear to be your own type of Buddhist since there is nothing about following Christianity in that religion. They would agree with some things in the religion, but then most religions agree on some points. They would also disagree on others. You appear to be a poorly disguised Christian is all. Buddhist tend to value rational thinking.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Near Death videos

No. Buddhists tend to understand about delusion. You appear to subscribe to Moha:

Moha (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

 

[JohnEmmett]

You appear to be your own type of Buddhist

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs and various schools of thought.
From Wikipedia

 

[JohnEmmett]

Buddhists tend to understand about delusion.

The Planes of Existence

 

[Subduction Zone]

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs and various schools of thought.
From Wikipedia

Yes, and is usually a terribly flawed belief since people do not do so rationally. You pick what you think is right from each religion, meanwhile you can easily miss the main message of both religions. Your relying on NDE's is not Buddhist as all.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Your relying on NDE's is not Buddhist

perhaps not

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

It's like buying insurance of a kind

Pascal's wager is a self-contradictory and selfish fallacy.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Pascal's wager is a self-contradictory and selfish fallacy.

Pascal’s wager is merely an attempt to help

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Pascal’s wager is merely an attempt to help

If pretending to believe, "like buying insurance of a kind", helps you, then you're welcome to it.

 

[JohnEmmett]

If pretending to believe… helps you, then you're welcome to it.

accepting God… just accepting

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

accepting God… just accepting

Accepting without evidence is faith, an unjustified form of belief. Accepting without evidence, "like buying insurance of a kind", is fake faith, a pretence.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Accepting without evidence

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Hebrews 11:1

Exactly, the words of a classic con.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Exactly, the words of a classic con.

whatever

 

[JohnEmmett]

Accepting God sounds great! But doesn't that mean I have to have some concept of what I'm accepting?

you don't have to understand God

 

[JohnEmmett]

But is just "accepting" enough if you don't even have a clue what you are accepting?

your view will determine your afterlife

 

[JohnEmmett]

How does that help your position?

you're a seeker hence you are not skeptical

 

[JohnEmmett]

And you are wrong! Congrats.

well then you have something to overcome