--- Peter wrote: > > But what is a religion? I certainly see how someone > would call the practice of TM "religious" because the > bija mantras are associated with certain " Hindu" > dieties, but does that make it a religion? Ask a hindu > if TM is a religion and he'll think the very question > is absurd. Is TM a Hindu practice? I don't know, I'm > not Hindu! TM is a door into the mystery of pure > Being. There are lots of doors. People get all hung-up > on the shape and color of the door.
This response will satisfy many open-minded people, but it's inadequate for the shaping of public policy. Laws and popular opinion are more blunt, less nuanced. So when we say "TM is not religious," we have to say it as we'd say "abortion is not murder" or "the Bible is full of nonsense," recognizing that many will agree with us, but many will condemn us for being so wrong. Of course, as my time in newsgroups has demonstrated, there's nothing one can say that won't generate opposition, so opposition in itself means little, doesn't it? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
