Yes, I understand your point and I agree. Not just Buddha is worshiped
but Christ and many of the "saints" as well. This is another human
need, i.e. to identify with the person rather than with the idea.
Unfortunately, this creates great trouble when the identification is
with the personality of a leader rather than with his goals and
policy. But, it looks like we are stuck with this characteristic.
Ed
On Sep 14, 2008, at 9:33 AM, David Jonsson wrote:
I was referring to the inconsistency of making personal worship of
an impersonalists. It is the same problem that classically,
historically, and commonly are performed by those who worship Buddha
as a person.
Personal worship is in itself and performed to suitable
personalities not bad at all.
If the mother wants to free her kid from genetic misdesign she
should likely worship a modern virus designer. They can make viruses
who enter the body and alters DNA. The issue of health improvement
with genetic therapies would need some personality to speed up. My
honors to them! The problem is that such researchers usually do not
want to become the subject of public attention.
Impersonal improvement of DNA errors? No, not a chance.
David
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Edmund Storms
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, it is crazy. Such events are a sanity test of the people
reacting. Insanity and delusion are real pathologies of the mind
that are frequently ignored when such events are interpreted. People
want to believe so badly in magic that they will see whatever
supports this need. At this point, they leave the real world and
enter the world of delusion, which is one of the components of what
is called insanity. This event involving Darwin is unusual because
it does not involve God and religion. It shows one again that
delusions can occur in other forms besides the common ones.
Ed
On Sep 14, 2008, at 9:01 AM, David Jonsson wrote:
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolutionists_flock_to_darwin
"I brought my baby to touch the wall, so that the power of Darwin can
purify her genetic makeup of undesirable inherited traits," said
Darlene Freiberg, one among a growing crowd assembled here to see the
mysterious stain, which appeared last Monday on one side of the Rhea
County Courthouse.
Seems crazy. To treat Darwin that way would make him a personality.
Darwin's view on evolution is impersonal.
David
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