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. ====== Reproduction if desired may be handled locally. -- rfc3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
