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Pastimes : The Philosophical Porch
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To: Rarebird who wrote (128)8/2/2005 2:21:33 PM
From: LLCF   of 26251
 
<The miserable wretches of this world will always create other worldly gods for themselves.>

Not to argue, but his {to me} looks like a statement that comes from your inner beliefs only. Lot's of miserable wretches create nothing of the sort... all sorts of atheists are miserable wretches as well, for example, and others project their problems on other people or worldly problems rather than a god... especially in todays world. Suffering is misery {from the Buddhist perspective} comes from any separaration of self from "the one", not just the separation that comes from creating a 'god out there somewhere'... although that is certainly an important source of suffering.

DAK
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