Mike, It does not matter mice of mouse. In English, fried rice is considered uncountable, and is always singular. But the Thais call it 'flied lice'. More than one louse. That is why Bill is there. Anthony
--- On Tue, 5/10/10, mike brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: mike brown <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, 10:28 PM Thank you, Mayka. I'm most definitely one man and not "mice" (I think you meant the singular 'mouse') : ) Mike From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 5 October, 2010 7:58:08 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. Anthony: I'm under the impression that Mike is not the type of person who is afraid to speak up his mind when he has to. He is an strong man and not a mice. He doesn't live upon anyone sayings but he mades from the sayings his own sayings through the practice of zen = Direct experience with life. But I don't know as all this is just an impression in the same way as you have your own. Mayka --- On Mon, 4/10/10, Anthony Wu <[email protected]> wrote: From: Anthony Wu <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 October, 2010, 23:43 Mike, I don't see the 'free pass'. You find Islam criticising Christianity, and vice versa, and Christianity reviling Buddhism and vice versa. Many other instances. The reason you are afraid to say something against Christianity is because you live in a strong Christain influenced environment. Once you say something, you will see a lot of Don Quixotes rushing toward you. Anthony --- On Mon, 4/10/10, mike brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: mike brown <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 October, 2010, 11:38 PM Mayka, It goes waaaaaaaaay beyond mere "disappontment" in any established religious institutions. I really don't understand why religion gets a "free pass" from criticism. We attack the oil industry for polluting the environment; goverment/politicians for corruption and other socially unacceptable behaviours etc. What is it about religion that can claim "I'm offended" as a valid argument against scrutiny and even ridicule? If I said the world was flat you'd probably think I was mentally sick. But deny evolution (despite the overwhelming scientific eveidence) and that's ok because I claim to have 'faith' in a bronze-age myth. And I'm not even going to begin with the institutionalised cover-up of child rape by the Catholic church.. Mike From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 4 October, 2010 22:51:51 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. Hi Mike and Everyone! If everytime one has a dissapointment in any established religious institution whether that dissapointment was in Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Zen Buddhist, etc, etc institutions: and afterwards acts as a destructor towards the institution from which dissapointment took place, then it doesn't sound a very wise way of doing towards oneself. I certainly include myself in this unwise way of doing as I've recently experienced a great dissapointment in the TNH institutions which lead me to criticism of them. Though never as irrespetuos or destructive as many atheists show themselves ugly behaviour in front of Christianity. This harmful way of doing doesn't affect the instituions established but just to the ones who carries away such violent shows. When I look deeply into myself, I realice that it was me all the way alone who built up a pedestal to that institution. It was me who caused herself the dissapointment for building a pedestal of "holiness, peace....to the institution". They weren't the ones!!!. Having seeing this within myself I am now grateful having found that institution from which I was introduced in the walk of zen buddhism. I was ever dissapointed in any Christian institutions because I never built up a pedestal to the instituion!. And so my experience was always healthy and positive. It was positive because I never put that instituion in a pedestal. I saw it for what it was. And so I could get all the benefit from it and never the dissapointment and the anger and frustation that comes with it. Mayka --- On Sun, 3/10/10, mike brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: mike brown <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 3 October, 2010, 11:33 Kristy, You wrote: "If you have faith, there is a whole sphere they are ignorant about." However, this isn't really the whole story. Many atheists were once believers who have seen thru 'faith' and have rejected it for what it is. Moreover, I am ignorant of what it is to be a neo-nazis, but have no trouble rejecting their beliefs as not just harmful, but wrong. Mike
