"Your bias is predominating your judgment and hindering your ability to see things transparently." This is an ad hom attack, Slip, as it does not relate to a specific statement that I have made, but rather, your opinion of my perspective. As a moderator, I suggest you be more careful in your phrasing and respond to specific statements that others make.
"Emotional retorts such as this irrelevant link is clear example." Can a link be emotional? The link itself provided factual information reported by the state of Texas, not emotional opinion. As Vam also addressed your apparent anger here, I will kindly suggest to you that the emotion you percieve may be your own. I have no emotional investment here. On Feb 8, 2:37 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Your bias is predominating your judgment and hindering your ability to > see things transparently. Emotional retorts such as this irrelevant > link is clear example. Since when are you worried about thread > integrity? > > A better visual might be this:http://archone.tamu.edu/chud// > > Which is in no way a comparative to India's > slums.http://fotservis.typepad.com/photos/mother_india_calcutta_var/slums.jpg > > The only real positive aspect of religion is its eventual self > deprecation. Human compassion is just that, human compassion born > from humanity. Religion is born out of a need to create social > strata, the chosen people and the condemned and is ultimately a > nuisance, a barrier and a hindrance to equality. > > On Feb 8, 8:56 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The same could be said about what goes on in your back yard, > > Slip,http://www.sos.state.tx.us/border/colonias/faqs.shtml Does this have > > a connection to the positive aspects of religion? > > > On Feb 7, 11:51 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, and I'm so very touched by it. Never mind the Upanishads, I'd > > > rather understand how India supports slum dogs as a viable concept. I > > > find it not only disgraceful but barbaric, primitive and > > > hypocritical. The movie "Slum Dog Millionaire" tells the story. Is > > > there some religious explanation for treating people like the garbage > > > they live > > > in?http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfn... > > > > Fraternity and Brotherhood? As long as you have the right brother? > > > > I guess if you pile enough bullshit on top of the bullshit you won't > > > see the bullshit, right? > > > > On Feb 7, 9:10 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How many here have read the Upanishads ? ! > > > > > The two most positive aspects of religion are concepts of fraternity > > > > and brotherhood, in times when most of the world were barbarian, on > > > > one hand, and the practice of introspection or self - examination, on > > > > the other. > > > > > On Feb 8, 2:50 am, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > There have been many discussions here where the negative results of > > > > > religion have been brought up as a side issue to another discussion. > > > > > I would like to start two parallel threads here, one about the good > > > > > that religions and religious people have done in and for the world, > > > > > and the other about the bad things that have come from, and been done > > > > > because of religion. > > > > > > In this thread, lets concentrate on discussing the positive > > > > > contributions of religion. The good acts, the positive results of > > > > > religious teaching, and the positive things that can be learned from > > > > > reading the "source books" of religion, such as the Bible, the > > > > > Upanishads, the Koran, and other writings that are considered "Holy" > > > > > by any religion. > > > > > > A historical time-line might also be useful, correlating the beginning > > > > > and growth of each religion to historical events and trends in the > > > > > places where the religion was spread.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
