My goodness, dan, i personally like the symbolism of the Buddha better than JC.
The Buddha led a long a fruitful life, walking the pathways of India, sharing with any who chose to listen to his message on how to escape suffering: the 4 noble truths. Mainly, he said we suffer because of our desires. Unlike Christianity whose adherents often claim to be the only ones with the Truth, the Buddha told his followers to believe NOTHING he or any other teacher told them without investigating the teachings themselves and then deciding for themselves. This, of course, is one reason that Buddhism TENDS to be a much more tolerant and thus peaceful religion than Christianity. The Buddha's last word, as he was dying (2 variations): 1. Be a Light Unto Yourself 2. You are the Buddha He was, as you know, I'm sure, known as the Compassionate Buddha and would not spend his time attacking liberals as though they were somehow his inferiors. I remember a pre-reagan time when Liberal was not a dirty word and of course it still isn't, really. I've almost always been in the Minority so I'm kind of used to it now: i think W and Ashcroft and their ilk are either morons or just plain sociopaths, believe that capital punishment under any circumstance is the worse kind of murder, think we should "steal" from the rich and give to the poor NOW, am basically a Socialist, etc, etc. I wouldn't typically write like this, but since the list-mom has, I thot I'd share. I suggest we all check out the speech given by Henry David Thoreau about Captain John Brown: its full text is on the net. Dale G. P.S. I also very much believe that any relationship between my beliefs and the Truth is merely coincidental . -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
