On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:18:33AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Having read the Bible a lot (completely twice, and big chunks many > > > more times), and known *lots* of religious people, and being an > > > amateur history buff, I can categorically state that your "required" > > > assertion is not flat wrong. > > > > I'll definitely second that. Too often people confuse the sheep > > following quasi-religious political establishments such as the Catholic > > church (among others), for religious people in general. Buddhism and > > many other eastern religions focus very heavily on logical thought and > > learning. So religion does not NECESSARILY need to ignore reason and > > logic, it is only that many of the best-known religions tend to do this. > > The basic premise stems from hope and fear.
I'm not exactly sure I understand what you mean. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "If you disregard people's motives, it becomes much harder to foresee their actions." George Orwell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
