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Group: alt.magick · Group Profile
Author: hhyapsterhhyapster Date: May 28, 2008 21:22
On May 28, 3:46 pm, "anon7571" anon.org> wrote:>> Religion is something created by people to control other people.
>> People are not infallible, and preachers and pastors are no different,
>> because they're just that; people.
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> It may have been genuine at creation time, who knows, but when it gains
> popularity it becomes political and thus corrupt. The idea of religion is
> good, meaning initially "religare" - to link back with the source, but what
> we, humans, do of it is something else.
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> Even relatively non-authoritarian religions such as Buddhism can become
> corrupt just out of human stupidity. I recounted already the story that in
> Cambodia (and possible in other countries but that's where I saw it) people
> keeps loads of small birds in cages so that others can free them ($1 each)
> and thus make a good karmic action, because apparently Buddha said it's good
> karma to free up a bird - and thus they catch and hold prisoners hundreds of
> birds based no that statement - how idiotic is that?
Definitely idiotic.
Not to defend their action, but I guess the poor people who did it may
not be aware of the teaching or not following it, except to think of
earning a little money for their family.
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