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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion

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To: epicure who wrote (467)	3/13/2007 10:11:56 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 520

I am glad that you have found peace in your life and that your life perspective does not bring you undue stress. Incidentally, there is a branch of Zen Buddhism that comes close to what you believe. They are a minority and the believe in "Sudden" or "Direct" enlightenment. Their approach is somewhat analogous to convince someone they will die within a year, so as to make them value every moment and leave a peaceful life. The "patient" will not complain for being alive, once the year is over. But most people take a gentler approach to enlightenment. >> Maybe I should be asking you why the religious don't just give up :-) I think you know that answer to that :) >> All the scientists I know are agnostics and atheists, and they seem pretty driven. Most of the ones I know are agnostic. That is not the same as not believing in a transcendental life. I know of few who are atheists. But even they do not believe in "there is nothing but the here and now" type of philosophy; they believe in some form of destiny for the mankind (or at least where they believe the mankind should be at some point in the future). Implicitly, such beliefs contradicts the logic of "here and now is all that you will ever get".

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