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**oranowdenda** · 11-28-2011, 03:13 PM

I have taken a post written by FBM on a Richard Dawkins thread written 6 months ago, and rlp7786's recent response to that particular post, to form a new discussion topic.

...don't look to a 2,500-yr-old practical philosophy about how best to liberate one's mind - however brilliant and still relevant in its own scope - for a cosmology. Look to science for cosmology. Science doesn't claim to have the answer to liberation; Buddhists shouldn't makes claims on the structure and origins of the universe.

I only mention this because of a few Buddhist "leaders", whom I won't name, who have made statements on cosmology based on their readings of the Pali canon. Doing so only sets one up for the same criticism that theists are now experiencing. I don't see any benefit from credulity.

and the response:

Perhaps you could clarify what you are talking about in regards to Buddhist cosmology? Are some taking it to be literal? It was always my understanding that most of it was meant to be as symbolic of mental states beings can find themselves in both in physical life and beyond

Comments anyone?

11-28-2011, 03:13 PM	#1
oranowdenda Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Buddhist Cosmology I have taken a post written by FBM on a Richard Dawkins thread written 6 months ago, and rlp7786's recent response to that particular post, to form a new discussion topic. ...don't look to a 2,500-yr-old practical philosophy about how best to liberate one's mind - however brilliant and still relevant in its own scope - for a cosmology. Look to science for cosmology. Science doesn't claim to have the answer to liberation; Buddhists shouldn't makes claims on the structure and origins of the universe. I only mention this because of a few Buddhist "leaders", whom I won't name, who have made statements on cosmology based on their readings of the Pali canon. Doing so only sets one up for the same criticism that theists are now experiencing. I don't see any benefit from credulity. and the response: Perhaps you could clarify what you are talking about in regards to Buddhist cosmology? Are some taking it to be literal? It was always my understanding that most of it was meant to be as symbolic of mental states beings can find themselves in both in physical life and beyond Comments anyone?
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