--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti > <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > > <Irmeli.Mattsson@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Although I think that also God makes mistakes and learns > > > > through and from them. > > > > > > Question on this one point: By what standard can it > > > be said that God makes mistakes? > > > > On the basis of this is of course gnostic thinking > > (Freemasonree, Rosecrucians). The basic idea behind > > it, is that creation is like a prison. > > Depends entirely on the "flavor" of gnosticism. > Some flavors believe that creation wasn't created > by God but by the "other guy" (Satan, the demiurge). > > > I still believe that it owes a lot to Buddhism... > > That's a stretch. Many translations of the First > Noble Truth have it as "Life is suffering," but > that's not related in any way to God, since they > don't believe in one.
To say "life is suffering" implies there is something-- a condition or state--that is *not* suffering. If suffering is said to be a lack, there is something-- a condition or state--in which nothing is lacking. What is it? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> 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/
