Sometimes I fear I'm incorporating to much of my Buddhist beliefs in my answers. I try to keep it in the philosophical realm, but sometimes a quote or sutra lesson will pop out. Do you have a problem like that or is it really a problem?
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It's not a problem at all. Each of us speaks from our own world-view, unconsciously incorporating elements of belief into real world responses.
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Since I never see your answers, I don't care lol. But unless people are asking for quotes or scriptures in an answer, I assume we all want personal experiences and answers typed by the actual person. if we all wanted quotes for answers, we'd just read about it ourselves.
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I don't see it as a problem at all, so long as you are not making judgements on those who feel differently than you. Like the captain said, we each speak from our own perspective. That is what makes Answerbag so interesting. So many different perspectives come together here.
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I'm sure you don't rant in the way that some fanatical Christians and equally fanatical atheists do on this site, so I would say keep it up.
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No, not at all! It is really the beauty of this forum, getting different insights - besides, your religion is chuck-full of philosophical thoughts, applicable to almost every religion there is.
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What is the point of having beliefs if they don't pop out everywhere? The problem is when we judge and preach at others which true followers of Buddah would not do.
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I don't think its a problem, you should say what you feel is right, if your religious beliefs enter into this then say them, in other words say what is on your mind, holding back isn't giving your real opinion, that is just conforming.
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It's not a problem. That's what so good here -- the different perspectives on a single question.
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You're not asking about this, but I'll say it anyway -- Buddhism is not about beliefs. It's not about having fixed answers or a rigid structure of explanation which accounts for everything... there are precepts in Buddhism, and plenty of numbered-lists-of-things, but if you're *believing* them, you may be missing the point: these are practices and principles designed to wake one up, they are not dogma to be believed and repeated like sermons and treated like philosophy. The best way to relate to Buddhist teachings is to treat them as *tools*... something you use for a particular purpose to get a particular job done, not something you wrap your identity up into or promote as a framework for understanding truth. The advantage of relating to them that way is that it reduces the risk of defining your ego in terms of "being Buddhist", which just makes the knot a little more complex. If a tool is useful for something, you use it. If it's not the right tool for a particular job, you set it aside. If it breaks, you get a new one. At no time is it necessary to "believe in" the tool.
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Actually, it is rather refreshing after all the Christian and Muslim c**p we have on here.;)
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My Christianity is a part of every aspect of my life. And yes, most of my answers are molded by those beliefs. I don't think that's a "problem."
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Sharing your beliefs is usually not a problem. One thing about AB is they have a nice "problem identification system" - it's called downrating! When you start seeing the red, it's time to back off!
MrJosh 
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