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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lee who wrote (16399)	5/23/2001 8:46:56 AM
From: Mark Johnson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30051

<<Personally, I am not religious and I think everybody should be forced to be that way. The communists had it right <G>>> Your lack of moral fabric has been obvious since you started this thread.....

To: Steve Lee who wrote (16399)	5/23/2001 10:47:29 AM
From: Pink Minion	Respond to of 30051

Seriously, the real issues here are generally not based on faith, but faith is used as an excuse to manipulate people whether in the Middle East, Afghanistan, or Northern Ireland. Religon is a form of government. A way to control people.

To: Steve Lee who wrote (16399)	5/23/2001 1:34:33 PM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30051

OFF TOPIC--NASTY VERSUS BENIGN RELIGIONS I agree with you that most religions are somewhat nasty in that they strongly believe their take on things, deride any other view, and try to convert everybody to their camp. HOWEVER, religious and spiritual groups do exist that do not behave like this. I am a devotee of an American-born Spiritual Teacher, Adi Da, who (from my point of view) is the greatest Spiritual teacher, ever. However, part of Adi Da's Teaching is his admonition that you should not believe ANYTHING he says, but check it out for yourself and prove the truth of it to yourself. That sounds a little different than the ultra right-wing Christians, doesn't it? A devotee of Adi Da has, as a discipline, is asked to function as: "the intelligent and compassionate friend of everyone" What would happen if everyone actually DID that? We are not "the only game in town" in the realm of more benign spiritual groups--there are MANY others. I can understand your embracing the agnostic "path". But don't just do so based on the worst examples......! Namaste! Jim