And the Dalai Lama is exceptionally literate, his books are great. Bright Blessings, Kim
Keith Addison wrote: > >Kirk, > > > >Thank you for your answer and it is very interesting to get > >explanations on the development of the different religions > >with the same God. Within each religion you can then find > >further development into other groups, that also are fighting > >each others. The part of the claim to Israel was very interesting, > >I did not no that one. > > > >You could actually say that the Moslems, the Jews and the > >Christians are religions, separated by the same God. > >As a variation on "US and Britain is two Nations separated > >by the same language". > > :-) The monotheistic religions are the most troublesome, the > polytheistic ones much less so, the nontheistic ones least of all. So > I vote for religions without gods. > > >All of this says something about human stupidity and fears > >of the next kind, instead of love. A lot of lip service and religious > >excuses for brutality and crimes against humanity. Very few > >seems to practise the religion that they claim. Hate and ethnic > >cleansing seems to be practised by almost everybody. Nearly > >no one of our leaders goes free of the responsibility for this. If > >we search for one that complies, Nelson Mandela immediately > >pops up in my mind. > > I'd include the Dalai Lama. Gandhi's work still very much lives on in > India and elsewhere, excellent, fits well with Schumacher and > Appropriate Technology (and economics), the sort of bottom-up, > "informal sector" model biofuels development should perhaps best > follow if it's to achieve the changes that are needed. Other than > that, yes, just "leaders", for the most part, a shabby bunch. > > Both Mandela and the Dalai Lama are very warm, very human and simple, > and they both have a great sense of humour. They are not proud men. > > Best > > Keith > > >Hakan > > > >At 06:54 AM 11/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >Ishmael was the son of Sarah's handmaiden. He is the father of > non-Jewish > > >Semites. Isaac is the father of Jewish Semites or Hebrews. 80% of modern > > >Jewry is non-Semitic thus the inheritance of Palestine is somewhat a > weak > > >claim. > > >The Christians are of any tribe. It is a spiritual birth. There is > no Jew or > > >Gentile (other nations) in Christ. People who say they are both > don't quite > > >understand what they are saying. > > > > > >Since Jew and Moslem are both religions either bloodline may have > crossed in > > >actuality. A descendant of Isaac may be a Moslem. At this late date > I think > > >it difficult to know one's geneology exactly. In fact it seems a group > > >living in Afghanistan are actually "of the lost tribes". We bombed > Jews in > > >other words. There is a video on this topic at Christian Media Network. > > > > > >Kirk > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: csakima [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:19 PM > > >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > >Subject: [biofuel] Common roots Was: Politics > > > > > > > > >Hmmm... you're right!! They are kinda connected in a way. > > > > > >I think (according to how the story goes) .... Abraham had sons > Isaac ... > > >and Ishmael. If memory serves me right, Isaac ... geneology ... > blah, blah, > > >blah .. leads down to the Jews & Christians ..... and Ishmael .... blah, > > >blah, blah .. leads down (somehow) to the Muslim's line. Something like > > >that. > > > > > >I am no historic expert ... not by ANY means!! So any Jew ... or Muslim > > >historian expert out there in cyberland ... PLEASE feel perfectly > free to > > >correct me!! > > > > > >Curtis > > > > > >Get your free newsletter at > > >http://www.ezinfocenter.com/3122155/NL > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Dear William, > > > > > >Thank you for your thoughtful words and I would even take it a step > further, > > >since the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims share the same God. > All have > > >examples as Jesus and they preach the non violence message and love > for each > > >other. > > > > > >How can we defend this unreasonable attitudes and fighting, based on > > >religion? It is incomprehensible! > > > > > >Hakan > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
