On Mar 31, 2007, at 12:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
I was thinking that mainstream religious types don't talk about miracles much. They talk about love.
You are aware that the reason SBS is mentioned in magical terms is very likely because he was one of the few Shanks who was known for *public* display of his siddhis. Since siddhi is considered to go side-by-side with realization, it would not be unusual to mention this in a press release. I'm sure once they started occurring publicly, they spread like wildfire in a country like India and were a sign to the masses for a saint of true realization. A side-effect if you will.
M. being the constant businessman, would just naturally use that as well for promotion.
I think that's all there really is to this.
They feel uncomfortable with people who claim miracles. So they might be spiritual and believe in God, but not buy that some preacher can heal cancer by shouting at you. I think this is the majority of religious Americans. By the time you figure out how watered down their version of spirituality is, you find it is more similar than different from an Atheist's view of our lot in life. A place where shit happens and no one seems to have a hotline to the big guy or we wouldn't have Guinea worms. (Google ride this at your own peril) I think some people believe in a vague "great spirit" and, like the deists, don't feel that God has much to do with our lives after creation. So that was what I was thinking, religious people who believe in God but are pretty skeptical about miracle claims outside their scriptures, East or West.
