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[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10291779]

Recently this book was translate completed in my Thai language . Should I read this ? if I am both buddhism and christian . I already read the whole bible and mormon bible , Carl Jung and Joseph cambell works

this book will make me depress or not ?

[Anonymous No.10291787]

Read it.

[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10291806]

>>10291787
Because ...?

[Anonymous No.10291808]

>>10291779
>I am both Buddhist and Christian
Literally impossible

[Anonymous No.10291818]

>>10291779
You can reasonably hope that it will not depress you.

[Anonymous No.10291823]

>>10291808
Not impossible. With God nothing is impossible.

[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10291826]

>>10291808
ok I mean I am buddhist but recently I start to change my mind to learn about christ religion

come on even your st Augustine is doing this before

[Anonymous No.10291852]

>>10291823
This is untrue, because with God all things that are possible are possible. This excludes contradictions and absurdities. >>10291826
Yes, but he wasn't a manichean Christian, he was first one, than the other. It's one thing to be a Buddhist interested in Christianity or considering converting and such and the other is saying you are both at the same time.
To answer your first question, Augustine didn't write depressing works, it was his way out of misery into happiness and sin to sainthood.

[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10291968]

>>10291852
well you know ? in ancient time people don't strict much about religion and someone can be both hindu and muslim in the same time

I heard long ago that christ religion is different because they are strict. and you confirm me about this

being too strict is cause the problem and wars for modern world. because those religion want to be strict like christ religion

well for me I am not sure what I want to be
I like both science and religion . I like buddhism , hindu islam and christ taoism also ancient egypt hermetica

[Anonymous No.10292034]

>>10291968
>being too strict is cause the problem and wars for modern world
No, we have the opposite problem. We invade other countries because we don't respect their boundaries, all we have is boundless greed and lust, like a kid touching all things and people he sees, treating anything as his own.

[Anonymous No.10292088]

>>10291968
When did the last religious war happen and compare them to non religious wars. There hasn't a religious war related to Christianity in 400 years or so and we've had plenty of others in the meantime.

[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10292091]

>>10292034
>>10292034
Hope you understand my bad english language right

> We invade other countries because we don't respect their boundaries
you mean colonialism age ? I think those army was run by business interest not by religion
and most powerful country both west and east just do the same if they have change

but i got your point . it's wired that by being too strict of christ religion lead to enlightenment age and revolution in europe but this event not happen in the rest of the world

this is why I want to study christ religion

[Anonymous No.10292096]

>>10292088
>there hasn't a religious war related to Christianity in 400 years or so
Bush thinking Gog and Magog were a good reason to invade Iraq?
no?...biblical prophecy has nothing to do with christianity amirite

[Analockman (Thailand Native) No.10292108]

>>10292088
>When did the last religious war happen
this year the rohingya genocide in Myanmar
also 911 terrorism war

>There hasn't a religious war related to Christianity in 400 years
it's always relate to Christianity they want to being strict with their believe just like Christianity

[Anonymous No.10292111]

>>10292096
Religion had nothing to do with Iraq. Iraq was invaded because they tried to gain sovereignty over their oil exports.

[Anonymous No.10292134]

>>10292108
>rohingya genocide
They’re muslim colonisers from Bangladesh for crying out loud, they don’t belong on Burmese soil

[Anonymous No.10292148]

Depends. Are you interested in catholic christianity? Then you should read it

[Anonymous No.10292309]

>>10292096
>Thinking Iraq was about God and Magog and not oil and geopolitics
Lol

[Anonymous No.10292362]

An absolute must-read for anyone interested in the One True Faith.

[Anonymous No.10292418]

>>10291968
The fact that you like them all shows you have a superficial understanding of them at best.

[Anonymous No.10292612]

>>10291968
>literally has to take a vow to claim Allah is the only god and there are no other deities
>one can be muslim and hindu at the same time

wtf anon

[Anonymous No.10293601]

I can he to make ask about this book and since this thread is already here I'll post here.

I read this book a while back and it was the best decisioni have ever made. Utterly changed my mindset. So OP yes you should defiantly read it!
It's simply amazing!

But I have a question:
Are there any similar books like this;
Christian or other spiritually philosophy type books?
I want to start reading asap!

[Anonymous No.10293670]

>>10293601

[Anonymous No.10293676]

>>10293670
Just what I needed

[Anonymous No.10293728]

You might like Thomas Merton. He wrote The Seven Storey Mountain, which people call the 20th century Confessions.

>>10293670
The one who made this chart admitted to adding books just based on some Google searches, so there's a few not-so-good recommemdations.
https://pastebin.com/K8DUUPdC
This is a better list.

[Anonymous No.10294001]

>>10291808
>this is your brain on abrahamic tribalist cults

[Anonymous No.10294027]

>>10294001
How is it possible to hold two contradictory positions consistently?

[Anonymous No.10294073]

>>10294027
Cognitiv dissonance. And also not being a nerd who takes everything so seriously, religions have always been effecting eachother and absorbing parts from eachother. That’s why you see so much pagan shit in Christianity and so much hindu shit in buddhism. Just go with the flow and cherry pick along the way, my man.

[Anonymous No.10294084]

>>10294073
The way of the Cross is about not going with the flow.

[Anonymous No.10294151]

>>10294084
Sounds like autism but whatever floats your boat and delude your world view.