Guys, I had agreed to moderate the next meeting Feb. 10th unfortunately I've a command performance at my office that night. The topic was to be 'Buddhism: Is...
In case anyone is interested and has access to either XM Radio or the Bob Edwards show on NPR, he is interviewing Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs and Steel) about...
By "Bob Edwards show" , I'm assuming David is referring to "All Things Considered". Visitors to NPR's website has an archive of audio links to most interviews...
All, But Budhism is a salvationist faith. It teaches that the only way to escape from the tiresome cycle of incarnations is to completely remove oneself from...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 2, 2005 5:01 pm
1953
i'll weigh in with a thought... i haven't looked into this but i expect that Buddhism has been mangled somewhat over the centuries just like Christ's message...
It's not the drugs themselves, but the use (or abuse). Natives in the Andes chew coca leaves both to suppress their appetites and to relieve the symptons of...
I will moderate....if no one else wants to. Sarah ATLeavers@yahoogroups.com wrote: There are 6 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. RE: Drugs ...
Give me a call tomorrow to talk about you doing this. I can send you a list of potential topics and let you know what your role is. Sleep well. ... From:...
A Buddhist believes we are part of nature, while the three versions of the one true God religion believe that the natural world was put here for us to use up...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Atlanta Ishmael Discussion Date: Thursday, February 10, 2005 Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM EST (GMT-05:00) Have you...
ATLeavers@yahoogroups...
Feb 4, 2005 12:02 am
1959
But Buddhism teaches that escape from this physical world is the ultimate desireable outcome. Animism is the only true Leaver religion. It teaches that...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 4, 2005 2:22 pm
1960
I both agree and disagree, too bad I can't make this one. Alan ... From: Farley Jenkins [mailto:fjenkins@...] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:01 PM ...
Granted Buddhism was definitely developed by leavers, but it views the universe as a wheel a circle of life. It also believes that everything has a soul or...
I think that the thing to keep in mind is that Buddhism as religion and philosophy synthesized many centuries before Christianity and Islam and so was closer...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 7, 2005 2:52 pm
1963
Alan, You should really check out some post-modernist religions like Unitarian-Universalism and neo-Paganism. I put far more faith in the transformative...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 7, 2005 2:55 pm
1964
The End of Suburbia documentary is showing at this event amongst other things...Tammy Come celebrate 10.5 years of Submedia TV (www.submediatv.com ...
Would anyone like to go together to this film tomorrow (Tues) night? Let me know and we can try to carpool...Tammy To make change, we need to learn about...
I watched this in history class back in college, its a great film series... I'd see it again (there is a book that goes with it - I am sure that I have it...
Anyone interested in joining me Sunday evening to see this? It's playing at the Midtown Art Cinemas on Monroe. The movie times aren't posted yet, but I think...
Personally I like Taoism and neo-paganism. Never could get into Unitarian stuff, but I'm looking for something to sell to the masses so they will clean up...
Why another religion? Why one particular religion? Do we really need the threat of supernatural punishment to deal with life ("I can't do that because God...
I would love to see it, I actually wrote my research paper in US History post-1945 on Black Militancy. Farley...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 9, 2005 5:03 pm
1971
Taoism I'm unsure of, but Hinduism has the same goal as Buddhism; the attainment of Nirvana. Any religion that preaches Nirvana is preaching salvationism. I...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 9, 2005 5:07 pm
1972
Tom, Unitarianism-Universalism and neo-Paganism have no angry Gods pitching hissy fits, no prophets (just great teachers), no Devil, no hell, no damnation, and...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 9, 2005 5:11 pm
1973
Christianity has been warped and so has Buddhism. Karma and reincarnation are concepts that are poorly understood by most Western folks. karma is neutral, ...
That is true, I believe karma and reincarnation were conclusions originally reached by animists. I believe that this was likely the result of observations of...
Farley Jenkins
fjenkins@...
Feb 9, 2005 6:38 pm
1975
Sorry for the late notice guys, its been a week: Population/Demographics: This is a very interesting/opposite take on the population argument: See you all...
We'll meet outside the theater ten minutes before the film..... Note: forwarded message attached. ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second...
Sorry my dyslexic brain said just the opposite of what I meant in my last post (see below). Buddhism is definitely a taker religion and yes it is other...
Alan, Again, you should really check out Unitarian- Universalism. It is very open-ended and one may incorporate elements of Buddhism, Taoism, or whatever else...
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