Joe, I actually like this post a lot.
Yes, we should take religious teaching like poetry - like fingers pointing to the moon. That is also the way I think of science, and logic. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, > > Again, a problem only arises when people take the religion's indications > literally. I include the indications of Buddhism, and maybe especially the > indications of Zen. > > One must be a participant, a practitioner, to stay out of trouble. > > Only readers -- who remain readers -- get into trouble. Unless they are > Poets. > > Dear Reader... beware! ;-) > > This is not poetry. '-) > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > I'm in general agreement with this view. Religious explanations of reality > > were in ancient times the best science available. > > > > Problem is that now they have long been falsified by science continued > > belief in them amounts to a very dangerous delusion... > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
