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Eastern vs. Western religions (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:16:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Markus Wolf writes:
> I honestly know little to nothing about eastern religions.
Well, from what I know of Eastern religions, they've always made more sense
to me than Western religions. (I'm thinking Zen Buddhism vs. Christianity
in particular here.)
> But I figure,
> if there's no god to be accountible to, it doesn't matter if you believe in
> it or not. It might be a nice little "this is good, this is bad" system that
> might have it's pluses and minuses. Who cares. Anyone can make up a pretty
> good system of morals based on past experiences.
IMHO, holding oneself accountable to a deity is to ignore the one who is
truly accountable. IMHO, only people can forgive other people for their
sins -- no deity can do that, IMHO.
--Todd
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| (...) I honestly know little to nothing about eastern religions. But I figure, if there's no god to be accountible to, it doesn't matter if you believe in it or not. It might be a nice little "this is good, this is bad" system that might have it's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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