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

To: average joe who wrote (16314)	2/17/2004 11:57:11 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Yes but Siddhartha would make a fine name for a thoroughbred. has a noble ring to it. ;-) HG Wells liked the Buddhas , and so do I ... bartleby.com Yet there remained a substantial gain in the world. If Nirvana was too high and subtle for most men’s imaginations, if the myth-making impulse in the race was too strong for the simple facts of Gautama’s life, they could at least grasp something of the intention of what Gautama called the Eight-fold way, the Aryan or Noble Path in life. In this there was an insistence upon mental uprightness, upon right aims and speech, right conduct and honest livelihood. There was a quickening of the conscience and an appeal to generous and self-forgetful ends (and I liked HG Wells , great visionary)

To: average joe who wrote (16314)	2/18/2004 2:34:56 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Isn't that interesting! As I was reading through this I kept thinking how it seemed so similar to parts of Mallory (Morte D'Arthur)! Then I notice that it comes from the 14th century! It is amazing how it all connects and how we carry on the stories orally and now in print. The worst problem with Christianity is that they tossed out their best stories and then proceeded to concretize their myths in dogmatic ichor. How many plaques can one hang in the bathroom..."For God so loved the world..." :-) Really??? That special king of "love" that we execute ordinary people for indulging in...