Paradigm said:

Did you also not feel like making a meaningful post?

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It's an expression of passive, lazy thinking.

The nature of communication is to bridge the gaps between one's thoughts (as in, that which one wishes to communicate) and the understanding and thoughts of one's audience. Either the message wasn't originally very formulated, or perhaps the communication of the message was undeveloped.

Two phrases come to mind that naturally work agansit this. "Elaborate", and "Define your terms". Further inquiries from that point effectively draw the idea out further. Of course, most people tend to become emotionally upset when they are questioned, even when there is no context by which to judge if one is being threatened, which shouldn't pertain to discussion anyways...




Peace.

Paradigm said:

As for Eastern religion coinciding with science, I'd like to have a few things explained to me scientifically:

• How is it that lotus blossoms bloomed instantly in the young Siddhartha's steps?
  
  
• How is it that Siddhartha's mother gave birth to him through her side instead of her vagina, and still managed to survive?
  
  
• What scientific evidence is there to support the Buddhist belief that people were once able to fly, and lived to be 1,000 years old?

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I've never heard any of those little tidbits, but I suspect they come from folklore or metaphor.

For instance, the first one, lotuses blossoming in his footsteps could mean that he awakened people ("healed people"), or that he was so in tune with Reality that he simply exuded It, and since the lotus is/was holy, they said that he left them in his footsteps.

The third item I've never heard about, but I suspect it comes from some school that is a little irrational, or it's from a story/parable.

The second item, birth from the side, I have no idea what that means, but I wouldn't get caught up on it, for it wouldn't have mattered if the historical Buddha had 1000 hands. (Though it would have looked kinda silly ) What's useful is what he taught.

I tried to be as scientific as possible, lemme know how I did 

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I've never heard any of those little tidbits, but I suspect they come from folklore or metaphor.

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