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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
sure, chemistry is different, but why load the poor regular guy with guilt and sin on top of his limited brain? science describe facts, it does not ascribe value judgments. if you want to have the brain chemistry of a tibetan monk that is great, i'd say more practice! however buddhism's view of "sin" is VERY different that christianity's--- it's seen as a detour from enlightenment rather than some source of shame & guilt.
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I completely get what you're saying there. Christians do have an annoying tendency to judge too harshly & to puff themselves up. This is not what I get out of Jesus' teachings, however, quite the opposite.
The "normal" person's brain (per the example) is not "limited", though. The threshold for their intelligence may be determined largely by genetics & environment as well, but any person can use their will no matter what their circumstance to improve themselves & gain self-knowledge, & as a result, knowledge of the Good & knowledge of God. Intelligence is relative anyway, Wisdom isn't. A person's true spiritual potential, depite the common albatross of dread & the human condition, is actually pretty unlimited except for the fact that they will always inhabit a corporeal body while they are alive. Some people try to move beyond this limitation in their illumination & become what are diagnosed as schizophrenics.