> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 4:01 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not > > > Jim wrote: > > I also want to be clear about another thing that often gets confused: > > Atheism is not "anti-religion". Atheism is a declaration that no > > supernatural God exists. > > So how about Buddhism? From Wiki: > > Buddhism is a set of teachings often described as a non-theistic > [1][2] religion[3] and a body of philosophies influenced by the > teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha.[4] To many, > however, Buddhism is not a religion, nor a philosophy or a set of > doctrines, but rather teachings to guide one to directly experiencing > reality.[5][6]
Have you ever seen actual Buddism practices or just west coast "Zen Center" Buddism? That definition definitely applies to Bussism in its purest form - which I wouldn't lump into "religion". But in all practice I've seen Buddism is just as dependent on ritual and supplication as any other religion. Same with Hinduism and most other Eastern beliefs. In practice most religions are more similar than different. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247849 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
