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Group: alt.magick · Group Profile
Author: BassosBassos Date: Sep 15, 2008 13:15
"Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote in message
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>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> Religions that do not constantly seek truth are the problem and not
>> religion itself. Otherwise there would be no Buddha to kill nor would
>> there be a philosphy to mark the way. It is when a person goes beyond
>> emotion and irrational fear that a chance for truth and understanding can
>> occur. That is why Magick can be a religion.
>
> Well, you see that's the problem. Religions *don't* constantly seek
> truth. Religions constantly try to convince the world that they *already
> have* the truth, no matter what evidence arises that demonstrates
> otherwise. It is the very nature of religion to claim ownership of the
> truth, to assert matters of faith as if they were matters of fact.
From your presented page :
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To talk about "Buddhism," therefore, inevitably imparts a false sense of the
Buddha's teaching to others. So insofar as we maintain a discourse as
"Buddhists," we ensure that the wisdom of the Buddha will do little to
inform the development of civilization in the twenty-first century.
"
Oh wait, you are supposed to live thruth, not just talk about it.
Beginner stuff this.
I told you months before this.
Take a brake.
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