Dudeism

[Caesar dude]

Are you sure your not peddling something Javedjim??

I am highly suspicious.....

[DigitalBuddha]

Are you sure your not peddling something Javedjim??

I am highly suspicious.....

He got the axe.

[Caesar dude]

and you were so nice to him dude!

[DigitalBuddha]

and you were so nice to him dude!

I was, yes, this is true. But, I had my suspicions

I wrote this to the other Admins and to the Forumdude........

Hey dudes, there is a new member, "javedjim" that might be a spammer. I'm giving the dude the benefit of the doubt for a while. The reason I suspect him of spamming is for three reasons...

1. He has a link to a "naturopath" commercial website in his signature, it might be legit (might just be his thing), but I have my doubts. Looks a lot like an ad.

2. His first post was NOT hand typed in, it was copied and pasted in; notice the question marks (?) where punctuation marks would be if he typed in his post by hand. I.e., the sometimes problem we have copying and pasting verbiage from some websites we might be sharing in a post; punctuation marks show up as question marks, a hint that he merely copied his post from some website or a bot might have posted it from a database.

3. His first post was mellow, BUT, generic and could have been posted in any chat board, and in actuality, had no Dudeism or Lebowski related content in it. Here it is.........

It is rare for me to find something on the cyberspace that?s as entertaining and fascinating as what you?ve got here. Your page is lovely, your graphics are outstanding, and what?s more, you use source that are relevant to what you are talking about. You are certainly one in a million, well done!

His profile is (WAS) here.........  http://dudeism.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=6695

I'll let him be for the time being, but if the group mind has bad vibes on this dude, feel free to ace him as far as I'm concerned.

OK, dudes, that's it. Abide!

[Caesar dude]

I know you've got our backs DB! Thankee.

[DigitalBuddha]

I know you've got our backs DB! Thankee.

You're welcome, no problemo, dude.

[milnie]

Yeah dude, dig your style

[DigitalBuddha]

Yeah dude, dig your style

Thankee 

[cckeiser]

I ran across this picture of what I think is a real dude puppy. I forgot how to post images again. Can you help me out DB?
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images19/BorderCollieBordeauxMalettiPuppy.JPG

[DigitalBuddha]

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images19/BorderCollieBordeauxMalettiPuppy.JPG

That looks like one happy dog.

[milnie]

But not the dogs owner if that ain't a sausage!

[DigitalBuddha]

But not the dogs owner if that ain't a sausage!

[ManRalf]

It feels like the word religion is abit demonized, that just invokes thoughts about oppression, rules and regulations.
But in these postmodern times we live in isn't everything relative? I agree that the term when used on such abstract views as Tao is way for us westerners to put a label on it.
And i understand that being postmodern means breaking free from stagnant thoughts and belief systems. But most part of religions under all the layers of dogmas and rules are about helping others and...lost my train of thought here. It was posted on page 1..something about dudeism being about growth i think. What I'm tryin to get to here is why shy away from the term? Why not reinvent the wheel? In these relative times we live in religion means what ever we want it to mean...But this is just my opinion..

[Rev. Ed C]

It feels like the word religion is abit demonized, that just invokes thoughts about oppression, rules and regulations.
But in these postmodern times we live in isn't everything relative? I agree that the term when used on such abstract views as Tao is way for us westerners to put a label on it.
And i understand that being postmodern means breaking free from stagnant thoughts and belief systems. But most part of religions under all the layers of dogmas and rules are about helping others and...lost my train of thought here. It was posted on page 1..something about dudeism being about growth i think. What I'm tryin to get to here is why shy away from the term? Why not reinvent the wheel? In these relative times we live in religion means what ever we want it to mean...But this is just my opinion..

I think that's pretty-much spot on.  I think religion often is demonised as a term and a concept, usually by militant atheists ho can't come to terms with that fact that atheism is just as much a religion as any other

As I've said many times before, Capitalism and Communism would work just fine without corruption, and the same can be said about religions.  It's only the bad seeds that sully the institution.

There's no use slagging of Christians, because if a Christian riles you up so much that you need to slag him off, he's not much of a Christian.  Why condemn Islam for acts of violence when it's anti-islamic to do so?

In nature it's often survival of the fittest, the strongest and most aggressive, but not always.  Sometimes an organism keeps itself alive by keeping the host alive.  Modern religions didn't survive into our society today by fighting but by adapting and evolving to be beneficial to the host (i.e. society).

Dudeism is a natural progression, by taking aspects of other religions and philosophies and squeezing the most benefit out of them and tied around a few new ideals that bind the whole thing together.  And, of course, much like the Tao, there's got to be flow and movement or we become like all the dead religions of the bygone ages that wouldn't adapt and died out.

[Hominid]

Ya, I agree Ed - like I've always said, it's what's in people's hearts that are revealed, whether you're a Muslim or a Christian.  There's even Satanists who are nice people.  The corrupt whakos just use religion as an excuse and vehicle for their hatred.

The cream rises to the top - take Mother Teresa for example, or Ghandi. I don't think these people cared all that much about dogma and rules, but more about changing the world around them for the better.  Love is love is love is love...