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EN from City T, Taiwan

    • I’m Between 23 – 33
    • My religious preference: No religious preference and I am not interested in exploring
Mom’s: No religious preference

Dad’s: No religious preference

    • Growing up, I primarily lived with: Both mom and dad
  • I attend religious services generally at least once every: Year
Question Answer
If you could travel back in time to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet and why?

I would want to meet Sijamone, the original Buddha. I would like to know his original thoughts, what he really said. We know what his students said, but what did he really say?
What would you like to ask him?I am confused about everything like how to connect.

What would you like him to tell you? His story and how to deal with the present situation

Out of all the problems that we are facing in our world today, what do you consider is our biggest problem and how do you think we can solve this problem?

in the east, how to connect with parents and grandparents?
Is there a generation gap? yes
Do you feel they don’t want to keep up?
Do you know how to raise children? No,
Where would you go to find out how to raise children? I have my own thoughts about this.
What standard would you use to show your children in the future what is right and wrong? Nothing is really absolute
Little kids don’t have the ability to determine what is right or wrong, how can we help them? I grew up by myself and I will teach them this way too

Do you think it is possible that you and I were put here on this earth for some kind of purpose? If so, what do you think that was? If not, why do you think so?

What are we supposed to be doing? I think that fate, rules decide this. There are many paths to the same place.
Are you sure all roads lead to the same place? Any proof? I have faith in myself. I choose to do and direct my fate.

We live in a world that tends to believe, now more than ever, that all religions are equal and no one religion is better than another. In your opinion does it matter what someone believes? If not, why not, if so, why so?

not so clear.
For example, is Buddhism and Islam the same? In my opinion, all religions are different.
How to get to heaven or the good place after we die? I’m not sure if there is a heaven or hell.
Why does it matter what we do? I don’t care about this thought.
If there is a place, how can we be prepared, not unprepared?
For example, in Buddhism there are 18 levels of hell, so what can we do about this?
I will tell people to be happy, I want to touch people.
you are saying that if you make people happy you can qualify for the good place? yes

All religions have different beliefs about the afterlife but many seem to indicate that we go to a better place, if we do the right things in this life. What do you personally believe about the afterlife and what do you think we need to do in this life in order to get to this better place in the next life?

I think we all end up as zero, disappear.
Do you think our soul goes somewhere? If we do good then we can avoid becoming ghosts.
There are a lot of gods that will determine where you go.
When you mention gods, did this god create the world or people? No.
Going back to the 18 levels of hell, can one get out? Not sure, no one can be sure.
Who decides if one can get out?
Who decides what is bad and what is good?
Are you sure one can get out? No one can be sure.

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, where do you think we came from?

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If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, why is it difficult for us to avoid believing in non-material things like truth, love, beauty, goodness, etc…?

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PT from City Z, Taiwan

    • I’m Between 23 – 33
    • My religious preference: No religious preference and I am not interested in exploring
Mom’s: Taoism

Dad’s: Taoism

    • Growing up, I primarily lived with: Both mom and dad
  • I attend religious services generally at least once every: I do not attend
Question Answer
If you could travel back in time to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet and why?

No interest in meeting any famous people. ( Would you like to see anything else?)
I would like to see dinosaurs or see how people lived in the past.
young people today don’t care for meeting people of the past

Out of all the problems that we are facing in our world today, what do you consider is our biggest problem and how do you think we can solve this problem?

1) Pollution ( How to deal with this issue?)
People have to change habits. ( What do you mean change habits?)
Like don’t use disposable chop sticks, toothbrushes, fancy boxes, too much waste.
2) People don’t have places to live. (How to help people?)
The government can help some, but people have to be active and do something too. They have to work too.

3) Animals don’t have places to live. (How to help them?)
I don’t know.

Do you think it is possible that you and I were put here on this earth for some kind of purpose? If so, what do you think that was? If not, why do you think so?

I don’t think we should be here. People are too selfish and cause much chaos. (How can we change them?)
hard to change them. (Are you sure we can’t change people?)
Not sure. (So do we have a purpose on this earth?)
live more completely, better. (but how did people come here?)
evolution, perhaps, Aliens.

We live in a world that tends to believe, now more than ever, that all religions are equal and no one religion is better than another. In your opinion does it matter what someone believes? If not, why not, if so, why so?

I think all religions are the same, but some people go over.
like YI Guan Tao religion who say if you eat meat you go to hell. (If all religions are the same, how do we interpret religions that use violence to control the world? Are they the same?
It seems that they are too superstitious, too over. (How to correct them?)
we need to teach to do good and believe the good things. ( However, does it not seem we just can’t believe anything?)
true. (How can we stop the violence?)
I think there is no way. The people who do these things have evil spirits. (Have you seen evil spirits?)
No. (How can we overcome evil spirits? )
Just ignore them. (Have you seen evil spirits?)
No, I haven’t.

All religions have different beliefs about the afterlife but many seem to indicate that we go to a better place, if we do the right things in this life. What do you personally believe about the afterlife and what do you think we need to do in this life in order to get to this better place in the next life?

maybe nothing. Nothing we can do. ( Is there another world like heaven?) ( How to get to heaven?)
help others. (If there is a heaven, how can you know if we did good enough to get there?)
I don’t think anyone can know. if you a good person you won’t think about how much you have done.

(many people believe that they did enough good things to qualify, how do we know?)
(Many people don’t remember when they did bad things, so how can we tell our good works are more than bad works?)

I am not sure. I don’t really care as long as I do good enough.
I feel I am a spirit that was put here. (What if things are not the way we think?)
I guess I can only do good. (what if there is really a choice in where we go?)
I have not hurt other people. (Are you sure there is no other place?)
No, I am not sure

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, where do you think we came from?

Not sure, What came first the Chicken or the egg?

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, why is it difficult for us to avoid believing in non-material things like truth, love, beauty, goodness, etc…?

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XW from City X, Taiwan

    • I’m Between 33 – 55
    • My religious preference: No religious preference and I am not interested in exploring
Mom’s: Buddhism

Dad’s: Buddhism

    • Growing up, I primarily lived with: Both mom and dad
  • I attend religious services generally at least once every: Year
Question Answer
If you could travel back in time to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet and why?

I would like to see Einstein. (Why would you like to see him?
I want to see his hair. (Is there something you would like to ask him?
I am not sure (Is there anyone else you would like to meet?)
My grandfather. (Why?)
I want to see how he fished in his days.

Out of all the problems that we are facing in our world today, what do you consider is our biggest problem and how do you think we can solve this problem?

I think the biggest problem is global warming. (Any other problems?)
also the environmental pollution. (Anything else?)
I think that Taiwan birthrate is too low.

Do you think it is possible that you and I were put here on this earth for some kind of purpose? If so, what do you think that was? If not, why do you think so?

I am not sure. Maybe to do good.

We live in a world that tends to believe, now more than ever, that all religions are equal and no one religion is better than another. In your opinion does it matter what someone believes? If not, why not, if so, why so?

I think all religions are the same. (Some religions kill people to cause fear and to control the world, is this the same?
your right, it is different. (So would you say it matters what we believe?)
Yes, it matters. (How can we say one religion is wrong, what standard can we use?)
Unsure. (Do you want people like this coming to your country?)
NO ( What can we do about this?)
Doesn’t Jesus say something about this? (Yes)

All religions have different beliefs about the afterlife but many seem to indicate that we go to a better place, if we do the right things in this life. What do you personally believe about the afterlife and what do you think we need to do in this life in order to get to this better place in the next life?

do good works and be kind. (What happens if we don’t do this? Where do we go?)
Not sure. (Does one go to the 18 levels of hell?)
Yes, they do. (Can one get out of there?)
I think they can. (Are you sure?)
No

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, where do you think we came from?

Spirits. (Do you think there is more to life?)
Yes.

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, why is it difficult for us to avoid believing in non-material things like truth, love, beauty, goodness, etc…?

N/A

 

K from City X, Taiwan

    • I’m Between 17 – 23
    • My religious preference: No religious preference and I am not interested in exploring
Mom’s: Taoism

Dad’s: Taoism

    • Growing up, I primarily lived with: Both mom and dad
  • I attend religious services generally at least once every: I do not attend
Question Answer
If you could travel back in time to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet and why?

No one, Is there not someone you were interested in? No, I don’t know about historical persons.

Out of all the problems that we are facing in our world today, what do you consider is our biggest problem and how do you think we can solve this problem?

We misinterpret each other. This is the biggest problem. We can talk to each other.

If talking doesn’t work what can we do? We can make each country to control its population.
If this doesn’t work what can we do? The UN can put pressure on countries to conform.

Do you think it is possible that you and I were put here on this earth for some kind of purpose? If so, what do you think that was? If not, why do you think so?

Yes, I think it is to enjoy and take different trips.

Could there be other more important reasons for us being on this earth? I have not thought about this.

We live in a world that tends to believe, now more than ever, that all religions are equal and no one religion is better than another. In your opinion does it matter what someone believes? If not, why not, if so, why so?

I think that some religions do not eat certain foods and wear certain foods.

So does it matter what we believe, I mean are religions really all the same?
There are different thoughts.
What do we do about religions who use violent or warlike methods to control people? Are they really the same as Taoism?
They are different
What do we do then we they want to control us?
We can’t control them because we don’t have enough ability.

All religions have different beliefs about the afterlife but many seem to indicate that we go to a better place, if we do the right things in this life. What do you personally believe about the afterlife and what do you think we need to do in this life in order to get to this better place in the next life?

I think we come back as spirits.

How do we know if we can come back?
We need to do good works and have a good heart?

What do you mean by good heart?
No answer.
If we don’t have good hearts or good works, what happens?
Do we go to the 18 levels of hell?

Most likely.

Can one get out of the 18 levels of hell?
It depends on one’s attitude in prison.

Are you sure one can get out of this prison?
Yen Luo Wang will determine if one can get out. He will look at one’s attitude.

But, perhaps, some cannot get out.

Would it be better not to go there in the first place?
no answer

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, where do you think we came from?

I think we come from evolution.

How well do you understand evolution?

Don’t know

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, why is it difficult for us to avoid believing in non-material things like truth, love, beauty, goodness, etc…?

N/A

 

Bruce from ocala, Florida, United States

    • I’m Between 33 – 55
    • My religious preference: atheist

Mom’s: Catholic Christianity

Step dad’s: Protestant Christianity

    • Growing up, I primarily lived with: Mom and step dad
  • I attend religious services generally at least once every: I do not attend
Question Answer
If you could travel back in time to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet and why?

Aristotle, Socrates or Plato.

Out of all the problems that we are facing in our world today, what do you consider is our biggest problem and how do you think we can solve this problem?

compulsory thinking. it is based on emotions. negative thinking creates negative emotions.

Do you think it is possible that you and I were put here on this earth for some kind of purpose? If so, what do you think that was? If not, why do you think so?

Man is an end in itself. self awareness and understand how the mind works is our main purpose. also finding happiness and happiness is derived how you view life. happiness also is derived by material possession.

We live in a world that tends to believe, now more than ever, that all religions are equal and no one religion is better than another. In your opinion does it matter what someone believes? If not, why not, if so, why so?

all religion is not the same and it does not matter what one believes.

All religions have different beliefs about the afterlife but many seem to indicate that we go to a better place, if we do the right things in this life. What do you personally believe about the afterlife and what do you think we need to do in this life in order to get to this better place in the next life?

I don’t believe in the after life.

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, where do you think we came from?

we came from water.

If you do not believe there is life after this life is over, why is it difficult for us to avoid believing in non-material things like truth, love, beauty, goodness, etc…?

aesthetics.

 

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