On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2008 7:28:27 am Charles Haynes wrote: > > A common error. Religions do not require "God." Religions may or may not > > require "faith" but they certainly don't require "God." Buddhism is a > > religion by any reasonable definition of the word, but has no God. > > er - Both Buddhism and Hinduism came before the word "religion",
So did Christianity, and so did Islam. Maybe Scientology is the only "religion?" Except that Scientology has no God either... > which was conveniently applied to them by people who already had religion. I gave up silly sophmoric semantic arguments when I was a ... sophmore. Note that Buddhism is a dharma and not a religion. That word, "religion," you keep using it. I do not think it means what you think it means. There is an error alright - but the error is more fundamental than what is > commonly recognized. > The error was mine, and I hereby rectify it. Have a nice day. -- Charles
