Re: Request to remove Information

[Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:11:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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.

religion (n); The daughter of hope and fear.

The hope of a creator/God so that "everything" is explained, but also
the fear of a creator/God in case ... 

-- 
Chris.
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