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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (4762)	12/13/2000 1:02:50 AM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

Thank you for your encouraging comments. I think this whole subject is perhaps one of the most important and personally charged (aside from sex or politics) that it is possible for grown people to discuss, and so it's important to be circumspect if you hope to get anywhere beyond simply expressing your own opinion. That said, I am a bit of a disadvantage here because I haven't gone back and read enough prior posts to get a feel for everyone's particular point of view. I'm not personally a member or a participant in any organized religion, but I have no ultimate argument with religion per se. I feel they are all somewhat dated and inadequate in many respects, and as institutions it's probably best at this moment in history they not be accorded any political power or authority, but they do have a place and they do serve a constructive, humane purpose on the whole. Their flaws and failings reflect and echo the inherent flaws and failings of all humanity...the humanity that participates in them with all its fear and irrationality. Historically, people want a place for spirituality in their life, in some form or another, and they want a means to be able to share it freely and securely with others. Religion fills that need for most of mankind...imperfectly, of course. Most Buddhists would probably not agree to removing the religious trappings of Buddhism from their everyday lives...I'm speaking of Buddhists whose whole culture and ancestry and personal heritage is Buddhist. In other words, I don't think it's pejorative to refer to Buddhism as a religion at all. You seem to feel differently, and you must certainly have reasons for feeling so.