Incompatitbility of Budo and Christianity?

[fireka]

lol, dont get used to it hobbitbob, i still have every intent of questioning everything you say j/k

 

kamidake, your statment confused me, could you please adress my statment real quick so i can see were your opinion lies. it may just be that its like, midnight and im to tired to read straight, but could ya? thanks.

[Kamidake]

Sorry about that, didn't mean to confuse you. Where did I lose you?

[ninjanurse]

Is spirituality the same as religion?

 

[hobbitbob]

Is spirituality the same as religion?

 

I don't believe so. I think that sprirtuality refers more to overall sensations of the numinous, whereas religion implies hard doctrine. Mircea Elieade addresses this in several of his books.

[ninjanurse]

Exactly HobbittBob. I think a lot of people confuse the two which leads to a whole bunch of misconceptions and problems.

 

[mArTiAl_GiRl]

I am a Christian. And because of that, I at least know my way of religion and I know the meaning of my life: to serve God. Argue with me or not, but I am me and I have chosen this way of life.

[Tibby]

I think people get confused, more then anything. I live in the Buckle of the bible belt, Texas. And to make things worst, it is easy Texas. When my Master opened up the Dojo 15 years ago, he would come every day to find papers plastering the door, telling him he is going to hell! Since then, he has become so active in the community, they back off. Do people just don’t understand. Zen Buddhist practice Jiujutsu, Jiujutsu men do not practice Zen Buddhist. They say meditation and burning incense and thing of that nature are ungodly, but they clearly don’t read their bibles.

 

It is mostly a misunderstanding on the part of the Christians. I speak as a Charismatic Catholic, so I know about people who are ignorant of your beliefs, and shun it!

[JerryLove]

no offense meant, but if theres one thing i despise its athesit trying to explain my own religion to me have you researched anything outside that verse which shows no evidence in my opinion? the right to choose heaven or hell is a very base christian belief.

I did not explain your religion to you, I accurately told you what groups of beliefs Amercian christians fall into. I've gaind thes through several methods... reading and watching of Christian literature, 4 years of religous discussion as the sole atheist on a Christian board, and the fact that my entire family is Christian (inclding one priest, 1 doctorid in Bible study, one doctorid in comparitive religion, and 2 religious-school teachers).

 

These are, indeed, camps that Christians commonly fall into; weather you do or not, and weather you believe they are religiously sound or not.

granted, some are to pious to see obvious truths, but i asure you that the right to choose is a base christian concept.

This is the wrong thread and board, but I can make several arguments against freewill being Biblically allowable.

 

And, of course, I wasn't always an atheist.

[LeaF]

It is my belief that any martial art will only increase previously existing morals and beliefs within the trainy.... I believe that at some subconscience level everyone has something they believe in whether they accept it or not... the martial arts can bring out these beliefs in people... it does not create them... thus I believe that the martial aarts can be compabitable with any religion or belief system because it is merely a tool to challenge and strenghten preexisting morals....

[Shorin Ryuu]

I've never had a problem with martial arts interfering with my Christianity...