What's the difference between your "spiritual" path and a "religious" path? There must be hundreds of gods and spirits in your Tibetan Buddhist faith. You're not even making any sense. Can you spell cognitive dissonance?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : The survey is deceptive in another way as well. What it really measures is how much people CARE whether other perceive them as "religious" or "non-religious." These days, there is no perceived VALUE in "having a religious affiliation," whereas only a few decades ago you wouldn't have been able to run a store or do business in a community if you didn't attend a church, or even the "right" church. The part of this study that relates to TM is to wonder how many people would be able to declare themselves "not affiliated to the TMO" in a town where that status pretty much defines your entire life. You're either On The Program or Off The Program. Non sequitur. There's no "TMO" - that's just a cult phrase you made up. If there was one single global TM organization, the movement would probably be a world-wide success by now! Apparently the only program you're on is bragging FFL. Go figure. From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Of course to ask "if you believe in God" is a bit simplistic. What is meant by "God"? Does it mean the "magic man in the sky who micromanages everything" or the "unified filed that underlies or is everything in the universe?" On 03/25/2015 12:49 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: 1. Portland, OR 2. Seattle and San Francisco are tied here. This is the most godless city in America http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-the-most-godless-city-in-america-2015-03-24?siteid=yhoof2 This is the most godless city in America If you don’t believe in God, you might want to move to the Pacific Northwest. View on www.marketwatch.com Preview by Yahoo
