Hi Slip and all Mints Eye group! I never thought that this tread would be so hot; and I would see this argument develop this much antagonism that SP and Molly are fighting each other. Come on Slip let it go and be yourself again, I remember you saying, why worry about this and that just enjoy life as it is. Remember my friend that it is not always possible to be rich and famous, no matter what one does, because things will always have two ways the good and the bad, the rich and the poor. Now, just because you were lucky as you were born in a rich country, so you are doing well, and therefore you think that the rest of the world is stupid people. Come on! Give everybody a fair go. I wish Vam would have started talking about The Laws of Manu instead of the Upanishads, since the Laws of Manu give a simpler description of how Indus religions are, maybe she could have avoided SP anger. Anyhow this is not what this tread is all about, this tread is about religions and its consequences, so let me say just this, religions have generally helped to keep the people together, therefore religion as a whole is positive. If there is anything negative should be blamed on the leaders, as they tend to use the collective force of religion to accomplish their own greedy ends. My regards Manfraco.
On Feb 9, 12:59 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this your contribution to the examples of ad hom? > > I never indicated any such belief concerning the Upanishads. If that > is what I wanted to say I would have said it. > > If I want to denigrate an idea that is my right within group > guidelines and I don't need to walk the line according to the > insistence of anyone else. My post was in sync with the thread topic > of religion, the positive, negative or the nonsense of it and it was > not in violation. > > Fear of what might occur? lol > > Maybe all hell will erupt in a cacophony of screaming, moaning and > gnashing of teeth while impish demons emerge enforce chasing after > religious fanatics, zealots and believers of gods and devils while > they scream "help me Lord" and get their sphincters reamed by God's > finger, the same one he used to write the ten commandments into the > stones for Moses. > > Ok I'll leave quietly now. > > On Feb 8, 6:21 pm, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, Slip Disc, you have shown that my attempt to have a reasonable > > discussion here was just a dream. Your approach to discussion is > > inflammatory and lacking in civilized manners. Did you note the > > parallel thread? Since you seem to believe that there is some causal > > connection between the Upanishads and the slums, perhaps you could > > describe it there. > > > Since you seem to be unable to allow a discussion about this topic to > > occur without breaking in and denigrating the ideas that are being > > presented, I wonder what you fear might occur if we are "left to > > ourselves"? > > > 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 - -- 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.
