Bassos wrote:
> "Tom"
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> news:LOydnX80VsV05VPVnZ2dnUVZ_h2dnZ2d@comcast.com...>> "Searles O'Dubhain"
wrote in message
>> news:xKadnW-PQs-Qz1PVnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@comcast.com...>>> "Tom"
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>>> news:WoydnT7HLrGumlPVnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@comcast.com...>>> 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 :
> "
> 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.
Funny stuff coming from you. Back in February you were saying "Fare thee
well" to alt.magick, yet a month later you were posting again:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.magick/browse_frm/thread/b5450c9810aeba64
It now seems that that intention is completely forgotten. And that isn't
the only place you've been u-turning. In the same post you were praising
Tom, yet now you criticise him at every opportunity.
I think your changeable opinion of Tom is characteristic of a beginner
in magick, as is your inability to stick to your intention to leave.
Stop acting like a coward and have the courage to admit to yourself that
you're the beginner.
