Re: Request to remove Information
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:18:33AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > Having read the Bible a lot (completely twice, and big chunks many
> > > more times), and known *lots* of religious people, and being an
> > > amateur history buff, I can categorically state that your "required"
> > > assertion is not flat wrong.
> >
> > I'll definitely second that. Too often people confuse the sheep
> > following quasi-religious political establishments such as the Catholic
> > church (among others), for religious people in general. Buddhism and
> > many other eastern religions focus very heavily on logical thought and
> > learning. So religion does not NECESSARILY need to ignore reason and
> > logic, it is only that many of the best-known religions tend to do this.
>
> The basic premise stems from hope and fear.
I'm not exactly sure I understand what you mean.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
"If you disregard people's motives, it becomes much harder to
foresee their actions."
George Orwell
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