--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Buck wrote: May you live in interesting times. Which is actually Chinese > INSULT! Thank you
My book has it as a Chinese curse, the Scots had the same idea apparently. ________________________________ > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:36 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: MTD > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > MTD = Michael T. Doughney > > > > > > > > http://minet.org/ > > > > > > > > The blockbuster growth in American religion is happening among a category > > the authors dub the "Nones" - people who claim no religious affiliation, > > but most of whom believe in God. > > > > This is the "spiritual but not religious" crowd. About 17% of America > > belongs to their number, three percentage points higher than mainline > > Protestantism. > > > > But the Nones number is deceptively low, understating the generational wave > > now breaking upon the US religious landscape. Among young adults aged > > 18-29, 30% are Nones, and their numbers are rapidly rising. > > > > May the Force be with you, in spite of these TM-haters. Hagelin with the DLF > are driving a spiritual counter-attack right through this breech in these > demographic numbers in both youth as well as boomers identifying as > 'spiritual' and/or 'not religious'. David Lynch and Hagelin are culturally > timely, significant and revolutionary in trend. May you live in interesting > times. The fomenting anti-meditation haters are nothing better than angry > bush-whacking counter-revolutionaries to the larger spiritual change > happening. > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > Yes as the article concludes about MTD, > > > "At some point, the Nones may discover that neither MTD nor atheism can > > > give them the otherworldly hope they need to endure and to triumph over > > > true suffering." The MTD's are certainly pitiable. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Moralistic Therapeutic Deism: > > > > > "According to Smith's research, MTD is the default religion of nearly > > > > > all American young people, both Christian and non-Christian, who are > > > > > a generation of theological illiterates (Mormon youth are a > > > > > fascinating exception). > > > > > > > > > > MTD teaches that God exists and wants us to be nice, and that > > > > > happiness is the point of life. In MTD, God, who is "something like a > > > > > combination Divine Butler and Cosmic Therapist", doesn't have to be > > > > > involved in one's life unless one needs something. > > > > > > > > > > It's the perfect pseudo-religion for an individualist, consumerist, > > > > > prosperous culture. You can see why a generation raised on MTD would > > > > > have no interest in traditional religion, with its truth claims and > > > > > strictures. > > > > > > > > > > If God expects nothing of you but to be nice and to be happy, why > > > > > roll out of bed on Sunday morning, even for the most progressive of > > > > > liturgies? > > > > > > > > > > America's postmodern religious future, then, would appear to belong > > > > > to theological slackers who believe in a vague deity who makes no > > > > > demands, and only provides psychological comfort. Who needs that > > > > > mush? At least atheists have the courage of their lack of religious > > > > > convictions." > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19262884 > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > O, The Unified Field > > > > > > > > > > > > It is this combination of beliefs that they label Moralistic > > > > > > Therapeutic Deism: > > > > > > A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over > > > > > > human life on earth. > > > > > > God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as > > > > > > taught in the Bible and by most world religions. > > > > > > The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about > > > > > > oneself. > > > > > > God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except > > > > > > when God is needed to resolve a problem. > > > > > > Good people go to heaven when they die. > > > > > > These points of belief were compiled from interviews with > > > > > > approximately 3,000 teenagers.[4] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
