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Ok, what do you have so far?

The same freaking passage I've quoted several times, dude. In this thread, even. Come on. You know exactly what I'm talking about. But, hey, let's copypasta: "THINK NOT THAT I COME TO DESTROY THE LAW, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, TIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till ALL be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."-Jesus (Matthew 5:17-20) That's pretty explicit. The Law applies in its entirety until ALL is fulfilled. Has ALL been fulfilled? Has the second coming happened yet? Luckily for us, in this very explicit passage, he told us when ALL will be fulfilled: when heaven and Earth pass away. *looks around* Yep, still here. So, the Law still applies in full.

Peter Singer's book One World is a pretty good discussion about globalization, btw.

So, you're saying Firefly really is the future?

When, exactly, did the second coming occur? When, exactly, did the world end? Because Jesus said quite explicitly when he would fulfill the Law. And that time was "when heaven and Earth pass". So, ewmon, when did that happen?

Since you blatantly ignore the teachings of Gautima, then I guess it is.

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That's actually one of the stories that we're pretty sure never actually happened as it's a later addition to a late text. So, there's no problem in the consistency there as it's just fanfic.

You already admitted that it is said that the Buddha has said that all of Buddhism is encompassed in the Four Noble Truths. YOU are the one ignoring teachings. It is YOU that is "cherry picking". You are still wrong. Again, in the words of a Tibetan monk: "The four noble truths encompass the entire spiritual path with all its many aspects".

So, they accurately preserve the teachings of Gautima when they say that it is said that he compared his teachings to the footprints of an elephant. You are wrong. One need not hold the Buddhist cosmology to hold the Four Noble Truths. Let's leave aside that it is said that the Buddha has said that cherry picking his teachings is exactly what one is supposed to do. The actual words for the people who see that the Buddha's teaching that all of Buddhism is encapsulated in the Four Noble Truths is "Buddhists". I just quoted one saying, "The four noble truths encompass the entire spiritual path with all its many aspects". You are perpetrating a No True Scotsman fallacy based upon a straw man of the actual teachings. You are fractally wrong.

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I wasn't aware that Tibet counted as "Western".

I'd like to bring up that it's not just the lay Westerners that say the cosmology is irrelevant. Often, it is brought up that it is said that the Buddha compared his teachings to the footprints of an elephant: "The four noble truths are the most basic expression of the Buddha's teaching. As Ven. Sariputta once said, they encompass the entire teaching, just as the footprint of an elephant can encompass the footprints of all other footed beings on earth."-Thanissaro Bhikkhu And the Tibetan monk Geshe Tashi Tsering has said, "The four noble truths encompass the entire spiritual path with all its many aspects". Saying that Buddhists must believe the "Buddhist Cosmology" is not only a claim based on a straw man of Buddhism, but it is a blatant No True Scotsman. Are they lying about what the Buddha said? The exact objection could be raised against your No True Buddhist "argument".

Yet, it's perfectly acceptable for you to make a No True Scotsman for Western Buddhists (and for the vast majority of Christians, for that matter)? *cough*Pot*cough*Kettle*cough*

Foundations Without Foundationalism

What is a "metaphysical substance"? It seems as though you're using at least one of the words in a nonstandard way ior you're making a category mistake. Reading more, rather than "metaphysical", you meant "nonexistent".

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It's not going to happen. I don't remember anything that it is said the Buddha has said suggesting Buddhist cosmology is a requirement. I do, however remember that it is said that the Buddha has said it doesn't matter. All that matters is the Four Noble Truths (and, by extension, the Eightfold Path). By immortal's own argument, immortal is just as guilty as you for whatever she claims you did, since she rejects the Christian cosmology of a 6000 year old dlat Earth created in 6 days.

Given how you twist and bend Christianity past its breaking point and preach it as absolute truth, the above quote is fairly amusing.

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This OP appears to literally be meaningless gibberish.

1) a 13 year old paper which never got published is hardly worth bringing up 2) having actually read the paper, nothing in it suggests that consciousness plays any role in wavefunction collapse

Wrong. Consciousness doesn't play any role. ANY INTERACTION collapses the wavefunction.

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