I've a nodding familiarity with those words, I think.
If America was a Buddhist nation, I doubt anyone would feel compelled to ask the question you have asked.
What if, say, Russia was a Buddhist nation?
What if the mid-east was predominately Buddhist?
There are a brazillion ways to achieve your end, Enigma, but somehow you see only one.
One might as well ask why stupid people are allowed access to the internet.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
You should read your bible more. Jesus never claimed to be the Son of God. The Jewish definition of a messiah was one who would free them from Roman rule.
If you are not a Christian you would not think of Jesus as the Son of God, obviously.
Jesus was not spontaneously enlightened,as you claim. This simply fits into your idea of epiphany. There was no enlightenment. If you were to actually read the bible you would see that Jesus was originally with and within the spirit.
Jesus also claimed many many times that the power he had was given to him by the Father. He never claimed to be God.
Here is a tip for you on your road to enlightenment. All of this discussion means nothing. You must Be. Empty as the Void.
Now go sit under a tree.
Last edited by MaxOverlord; 08-23-2007 at 05:33 AM.
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing..... Descartes
They were also originally written about 1984. (The book not the year).
His other stuff's probably plagiarised as well, I can't be arsed reading it.We present our society as being one of free initiative, individualism and idealism, when in reality these are mostly words. We are a centralized managerial industrial society, of an essentially bureaucratic nature, and motivated by a materialism which is only slightly mitigated by truly spiritual or religious concerns. Related to this is another example of "doublethink," namely that few writers, discussing atomic strategy, stumble over the fact that killing, from a Christian standpoint, is as evil or more evil than being killed. The reader will find many other features of our present Western society in Orwell's description in 1984, provided he can overcome enough of his own "doublethink."
there would be buddha statues everywhere
It would still be there. It would just work in reverse.
The best way to keep a secret:- Tell everyone not to tell anyone.
lol yes..
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