From: macavity11 (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 14 2004 - 05:00:44 BST
Well I'm not clear at what confusion you think you cleared up?
1st paragraph ---yeah familiar with the gist of what you are saying, where did you see an argument for a literal interpetation of myths?
2nd- not going to bother responding because it just seems too silly to bother
Erin
Mark Steven Heyman <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Though I'm usually shy about expressing my opinion on this list (ask
anyone), I think I'll jump in here:
Whomever said "All religions are true" got it half right. All
religions are false AND true. They are historically and often
scientifically false whenever they use myth (which is just about all
the fn time) to point to some very real truths. Myth is used because
metaphor is more powerful than fact and always has been.
The confusion you're all struggling with here arises because,
somewhere in time, whomever introduced you to religion (nay, poured
religion into your brains) forgot to mention this subtle distinction,
if even they were aware of it. The result is you have a bunch of
fully grown adults going around thinking, for example, that some guy
actually walked on water, multiplied loaves and fishes, was
crucified, died, and was buried... then rose from the dead. This
makes for a lot of heavy back unloading of bs in the later years.
I've often thought this confusion would be avoided if every child was
taken from his parents at an impressionable age and required by law
to read Shakespeare.
Best,
msh
-- InfoPro Consulting - The Professional Information Processors Custom Software Solutions for Windows, PDAs, and the Web Since 1983 Web Site: http://www.infoproconsulting.com "Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything." -- Henri Poincare' On 13 Oct 2004 at 16:27, macavity11 wrote: I'm sorry I just don't think you can say anti religion this and anti religion that and then talk about the praises of a religion you like- just seems too mixed of a message to me and even seems very unbuddhistlike for that matter!(is that a word?) - "God is both one and many. Both in one instant. As anybody who knows anything about the Unknowable well knows "God" and "gods" are interchangeable. The exclusivistic patriarchal "Jehovah/Allah" freaks are not incorrect when they insist that there is one Supreme Being and that "he" is immutable and absolute. However, neither are the wide-eyed inclusive pagans and primitives wrong when they recognize gods of fire alongside gods of rivers; honor a moon goddess, a crocodile spirit, and deities who reside in, among countless other places, tree trunks:, rain clouds, peyote buttons, and neon lighting (especially the flashing whites and greens)" Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito Erin Chuck Roghair wrote: On Oct 13, 2004, at 8:34 AM, macavity11 wrote: > But then you say maybe Buddhism can help show the way, but that is an > old religion. mu. However, Buddhism certainly isn't an oppressive monolithic institutionalized monotheism bent on world domination. Best, C. MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archives: Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archives: Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archives: Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
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