Anyone who gets their morals from some religion has none of their own... Edgar
On Aug 4, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Mel wrote: > > > > From: Bill! <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2012 9:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Zen] Samadhi > > > Mike, > > You've hit upon the biggest objection I have to religions when you asked: > "Where do Christians get there morals from...?" The problem is they get them > from their religion. In the case of Christianity it is from (listed from best > to worst IMO) Jesus's teachings, The Bible or their priest. They should be > getting them from the Holy Ghost (Buddha Nature). > > You don't need a religion to experience the Holy Ghost or Buddha Nature. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > > > Bill!, > > > > I'd rather be possessed by 'me' than a spook in a white sheet who did it > > with a married man's wife (Where do Christians get there morals from > > again?..). > > > > Mike > > MEL: A lot of today's religious or spiritually-inspired morals come from > human interpretation, and not from holy writ itself > >
