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Subject: 
Eastern vs. Western religions (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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Date: 
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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  Re: Eastern vs. Western religions (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) that (...) And my beanie little brain fluctuates in a different manner. I think since people's understanding is so limited, especially of each other, they can't possibly know the heart of the one they're forgiving. We can rationalize that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Eastern vs. Western religions (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) So Todd, is that just your opinion or what? ;) Ben Roller (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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