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Pastimes : Why do Christians want to control the world? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (240)	9/21/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Null Dog Ago	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 424

But I don't remember any past lives, so how would I single anyone out to chop when I returned? Moreover, when I was old enough in my next incarnation to successfully do any chopping, would the previous chopper still be alive, and would I still hold a grudge after all that time?

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (240)	9/21/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 424

Tastes Like: Moral code? Now THERE'S an idea! Heh! Actually, if you look at the underpinnings of all the major religions(anything from Christian to Muslim, Buddhism to Taoism) you'll find they sit on the same basic, major precepts. And these precepts, few though they may be, have then been spun into endless human relational codicles, and codes, all of which history has shown are then used to define "us" from "them". Those precepts? Ohhhh, things like you shouldn't cheat, steal, kill, practice greed, gluttony, and/or avarice, and do to others as you'd like them to do to you, etc., etc.. And there really aren't all that many of these fundamental precepts. Perhaps as few as 10? Still, all of us err when we think our interpretation of these precepts is THE one, rather than recognizing and acknowledging the spirit the precepts embody. We all go wrong when we begin to set ourselves apart from the rest. The ego is such a damn hard "thang" to keep bridled and controlled, ain't it? But what do I know? I'm just'a human being. ;-) John~