CkretAznMan said:
"If you think you're right, then you're right" - Douche
"So if I believed that bananas are red, then they are?" - Me
"Yes, to you it is. Therefore you are right." - Douche
<face-palm> - Me
This is a matter of philosophy as much as anything if I understand the conversation correctly. I can't speak for the context.
While not an expert, Bhuddists for example basically believe that each person defines their own reality and is like a god. As it's been described to me, when you die for example you sort of go to a limbo, and if you are waiting for some god or devil to come and "save" or "punish" you then you'll be stuck there forever. The only way out is pretty much the realization that you define your own reality, basically ARE god, and can then cause
yourself to leave.
Now how all of this works with the reincarnation and Bhudda himself and such is beyond me, as I have not looked into it closely. This is simply how it's been explained to me by some people who follow it, and/or have read things like "The White Book".
The key word pretty much there is BELIEF, and whether the person believes it to be true or not, since ultimatly he creates his own reality (or will do so) and thus cannot be correct. After all if he chooses to call the color yellow red, or sees it as red with his own eyes, then he is not truely incorrect. It is simply your perception that is differant, and you are also correct from your reality which you quite probably share with more people.
I don't know the guy, but as I understand things you are not going to win an arguement like that with a Bhuddist. But then again I doubt many of them would give enough of a crud to argue with you about it anyway.
