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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Krowbar who wrote (25007)	9/21/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

Most religious manipulators are pushing one right way or another, and derive a lot of power from that. They are very busy feeling superior, and telling everyone else they are wrong. And most religious leaders are absolutely unconcerned with society, especially the downtrodden, or with saving the environment. I was impressed with what I read of Maitreya's message because it seemed modest and compassionate and gentle, like the best of what has come down from Jesus. Unlike you, who have no religious beliefs at all, I do believe that some very wise men like Jesus and the Buddha, and perhaps Maitreya, have visited the earth and left us with essential truths. I do not believe it is necessary to worship one particular religion, or exalt one particular prophet, which leads to divisiveness and violence. But the truth is the truth is the truth, wherever it comes from, and I see bits of truth sometimes in these prophets.

To: Krowbar who wrote (25007)	9/21/1998 12:44:00 AM
From: Craig Richards	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

All religion is based on mythology and doesn't deserve respect Not even the UU's? Check out cis.ohio-state.edu for their beliefs - do you think this is based on mythology? You might want to check out the Quakers, too: cis.ohio-state.edu

To: Krowbar who wrote (25007)	9/27/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Concerning the nature of heaven, intellectualists followed Aristotle's lead by seeing the final state of happiness as a state of contemplation. Voluntarism, by contrast, maintains that final happiness is an activity, specifically that of love. The conceptions of theology itself were polarized between these two views. According to intellectualism, theology should be an essentiall speculative science; according to voluntarism, it is a practical science aimed at controlling life, but not necessarily aimed at comprehending philosophic truth. According to intellectualism, choices of the will result from that which the intellect recognizes as good; the will itself is determined. For voluntarism, by contrast, it is the will which determines which objects are good, and the will itself is indetermined. According to intellectualism, choices of the will result from that which the intellect recognizes as good; the will itself is determined. For voluntarism, by contrast, it is the will which determines which objects are good, and the will itself is indetermined. Concerning the nature of heaven, intellectualists followed Aristotle's lead by seeing the final state of happiness as a state of contemplation. Voluntarism, by contrast, maintains that final happiness is an activity, specifically that of love. The conceptions of theology itself were polarized between these two views. According to intellectualism, theology should be an essentiall speculative science; according to voluntarism, it is a practical science aimed at controlling life, but not necessarily aimed at comprehending philosophic truth. Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. GEORGE WASHINGTON Treaty of Tripoli 1796 The legitimate powersof government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. THOMAS JEFFERSON Benjamin Franklin, the great sage of the colonies and then of the new republic, summarized a personal creed that almost literally reproduced [Deism's] five fundamental beliefs. The first three presidents of the United States also held Deistic convictions as is amply evidenced in their correspondence. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA