Leo Gura

Haha! Been there.

I don't want to speculate about people who aren't even alive. It's too prone to self-deception.

I know you're joking, but I just want to clarify that's not what my blog post is saying. There is value in Buddhism.

You are EVERYTHING.

How so we know Jesus wasn't into anal sex?

You live in some backward part of the world with low people in general. What you describe is not normal.

Where does Jesus say that anal sex is bad?

Just like life.

I believe what some people say but I question it a lot and look for ways to test it or cross-reference it against other things. The beliefs are temporary placeholders. You always have some kind of picture of how the world really is. I hold many speculations and intuitions about things, which are used to advance sense-making.

Yes, it's imporant to realize that Christians take such things literally. They aren't joking around even if it seems that way to us.

When I say not-knowing, I mean the Ralston sense. Which is the proper sense. I don't mean false knowing or fantasy. For example, I clearly know that I don't know the historical Jesus. I don't even know if he existed. I don't know if he was maybe Satan incarnate sent to ensnare mankind's minds. That's how deep that not-knowing goes. And my claim is that if you are honest with yourself, you have this exact same level of not-knowing underneath all the noise and bluster. Christians refuse to acknowledge this simple level of not-knowing because it would destroy their whole worldview. Which is why they need faith.

Non-partisan is an identity like abstitence is a sex positon.

Not really, because you actually know something about Tolle and Leo. Like actual facts. About Jesus you have highly distorted stories. Also, notice that you don't worship or revere Tolle or Leo. You don't give them some special epic status. You treat them as other humans -- which is appropriate. If Jesus was an asshole, you wouldn't know it. If I am an asshole, you know it. That's an important difference.

I don't need to be in your mind to understand that Jesus is a construct. But I am not here to change your mind. You do spirituality your way.

I don't deny that any states exist. You can have a mystical experience of Jesus. And of thousands of other humans. That doesn't mean what you may think it means. It doesn't mean it's the historical Jesus. It's your construction. Which is fine, as long as you're aware of that.

I will continue to do it because your life is not at stake here, but mine is. I reserve the right to edit anything I say at any time. The demonizations don't come from you, but from outsiders who are bad faith actors with harmful intentions.

I edited my own words. I do that sometimes to stop people from demonizing me.

Depends on what you mean by believe. Of course. But I know what a belief is. I take feedback all the time.

If he had the wisdom to stick to his business, we wouldn't be talking about him. But he is corrupting the entire government. So it is our right and duty to call him dangerous. Musk wants to take democracy away from us. This makes him an enemy of the people. No amount of business success can excuse such a grevious sin. If Musk is gonna play dirty and undermine democracy, he should be worried about a lot more than just about critical words. He has no idea what tree he's barked up.

The world's greatest gamer would never lie.

You speak of some imaginary harm which I spend no time thinking about. If there was a real harm then I would care.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately some addicts will just destroy themselves. You can't save everyone. Keep in mind that most serious addicts have much deeper issues than merely a chemical addiction. The chemical addiction is just a coping mechanism for their miserable existence.

Good luck with that

@Francis777 Using truth to hurt people is very different from them freaking out at you for their own petty reasons.

I will happily be the biggest freak in the world. As if anything humans understand matters.