That's pretty much where I'm coming from Mel. Perhaps "variety" is a more dynamic word than "balance", but I think you are right on the physical roots that reigions lay down in cultures. Some of the memes are longer lasting (and self-rebuilding) than others, but ultimately even stone temples crumble. The thing that's true on any side of this is that the some would see the religion of one culture actively spread to take up the "opportunity" at the expense / demise of the other, whereas some dynamic intemingling sounds healthier (until such time as - if and when - the concept is merely vestigial ... to get back to the thread that prompted this.)
(Being a lifelong fan of TELawrence and having visited and worked in Moselm and Arabic countries before 9/11 n'all that, I promised myself night classes in Arabic fifteen or so years ago, but circumstance ... etc is history.) Regards Ian On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:24 PM, ml <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > It would appear that the utility of 'a belief > system' exists on a personal level and I > wonder if the story-behind-the-story is that > the Mongolian Buddhism-of-old has become > a static social structure that communism > had beat into the dust and the dynamic-of- > novelty allows people to find and imbue > meaning, that is seen as a Quality Experience, > in this 'shiny new Christianity'. > > Much as the staid brick-and-mortar Christianity > of many westerners' upbringing (not to mention > the crumbling stone Judaism) is easily over > grown with the dynamic vine of vigorous young > Buddhism in the west. > > (Maybe that is why Islam is movng west into > Europe and so many "White Girls" can be seen > wearing Hijabs, compared to a decade ago. ) > > A need for a balanced diet if you will... > or maybe the compost of historical > social structure supports new flowerings > in new ways in the dynamic unfolding. > > So, start spreading around copies of ZMM and Lila > in ye Olde England or learn to write in Arabic script. > > twitch...twitch > > thanks--mel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Glendinning" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:30 AM > Subject: [MD] Christianity Fills a Vacuum ? > > >> MP / DMB / Arlo et al ... >> >> >> dmb replies: >> >> It's simply absurd to suggest that "theism" can >> >> exist in a vacuum. >> > MP: I never said it did. >> > >> >> Might find this interesting ? >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7860539.stm >> >> Regards >> Ian >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
