Re Barry's "No one could have gone out of his way more to say that he *was* an
ordinary human being with no special birth or powers than the original Buddha,
so in the case of devotees trying to make his birth seem more miraculous, I
would suggest they are actually *distorting and perverting* hi
Re "No one could have gone out of his way more to say that he *was* an ordinary
human being with no special birth or powers than the original Buddha, so in the
case of devotees trying to make his birth seem more miraculous, I would suggest
they are actually *distorting and perverting* his teachi
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S3: What you (B..) miss is that the story of the Virgin Birth is simply one of
a series of miraculous births that crop up in other myths across cultures.
Including, among many, King Janaka (of Upanishadic and Ashtavakara Gita
fame), when conducti
S3: What you (B..) miss is that the story of the Virgin Birth is simply one of
a series of miraculous births that crop up in other myths across cultures.
Including, among many, King Janaka (of Upanishads and Ashtavakara Gita),
conducting a yagya in a field hears a divine voice in t
S3: What you (B..) miss is that the story of the Virgin Birth is simply one of
a series of miraculous births that crop up in other myths across cultures.
Including, among many, King Janaka (of Upanishadic and Ashtavakara Gita
fame), when conducting a yagya in a field hears a voice fro
(1) Fears of rulers of infants born to slay them (2) Divine conception
(3) Harkening of the birth by heavenly hosts
(4) "Saviors" being born in very humble surroundings
(5) Births on darkest night of month or year
(6) A bright shining light harkening the arrival of the saint
(7) Savior tak
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From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 1:20 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this Christmas
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Re "I had f
I were looking to read things that are regarded as scriptures and
actually be *inspired* by them, I'd have to turn to Tibetan works, or Native
American shaman tales. Or old Celtic or Norse myths.
I don't know why this is. I just can't get it up for *any* of the three major
can shaman tales. Or old Celtic or Norse myths.
I don't know why this is. I just can't get it up for *any* of the three major
Middle Eastern monotheist religions, or their scriptures. Given how all three
have turned out over these last 2-3 millennia, I'm not exactly drawn to them as
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this
Christmas period
You know that was tongue-in-cheek, right?
You never can tell around here. :-)
I was hoping it was, but
You know that was tongue-in-cheek, right?
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pissing off someone who
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From: "TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]"
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this
Christmas period
Good response. I have to
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this
Christmas period
Good response. I have to work today so don't have time to dive into the
translation
azhi
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 10:58 AM
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Christmas period
"I like thinking about religion and spirituality in "out of the box" ways,
ways that approach the old
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To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during thi
From: "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this
Christmas period
I merely found an interesting and prov
riter say that a woman’s consent
>is necessary or even desirable before sex."
From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 2:50 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this Christmas
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Wow! That's tacky. As we're about to celebrate one of the main events in the
Christian calendar, to link the birth of Christ with "rape culture" shows a low
level of consciousness.
In Barry's defense (lifted from another of his posts), "I a
Wow! That's tacky. As we're about to celebrate one of the main events in the
Christian calendar, to link the birth of Christ with "rape culture" shows a low
level of consciousness.
Thinking about it it does occur to me that I could turn your slur against you.
The whole point of the Nativity
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