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

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (4773)	12/13/2000 1:10:21 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

You have a great way with words , and nice thoughts ....stick around . Sip tea often. ;-) ....an : " overwhelming somethingness "---> a simple gem that really made my evening . It was worth the wait. Nanu Nanu.

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (4773)	12/13/2000 1:19:56 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

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. Of course it is not pejorative. And no, I don't feel differently. I try to keep a balance. The question of whether Buddhism ought to be called Religion is not all that compelling for me. If it exhorts people to assert a superiority over others; If it counsels racism, slavery or hatred...I will oppose it. I don't care what it is called. I brought up the alternative viewpoints because they happen to be there. Buddhism is defined in various ways by different people. This is just a fact. I don't know that it matters how you call it..but people ought not to reach for the pot till all the cards have been flipped.

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (4773)	12/13/2000 1:55:45 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

It seems that Buddhism is willing to understand that an evolution (perhaps even a revolution) in human thought and culture is in progress. At least the Dalai Lama seems to be embracing this. If you imagine an omnipotent force surveying the landscape, how impressed would it be with incense and burnt offerings? I can't imagine how any of the material or ritualistic trappings would impress anything, let alone an omniscient being. However, personal voyages of discovery seem like they would be understood. It is sad that the guy in the story related by Greg was so immersed in the mystical that he failed to be able to grasp the mystical inside himself. Given a moment of introspection, I'm sure that most of us could probably do better than we are. This is a philosophy of personal and spiritual growth. The "problem" is it is personal and non-transferable. By sharing ideas we can increase total awareness (that is my hope anyway) and introduce a notion of angerless divinity that can exist in any of us. But you don't have to go through hoops to get it. You make numerous personal journeys, on step at a time. Finally a "step" program I can embrace! It doesn't even require excessive indulgence in some vice to start it. The rules are simple. Atone. Love. Learn. Grow. Amen.