Re: ...Take yur GREEN and shuv it !
Reg
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"Well, I don't claim to be a divinely gifted, reincarnated spiritual leader who comes to the post only by birthright."Well, he did not claim to be any of that, actually he was claimed. If you read anything by him he is:A. quite humbleB. devoted to peace and understanding
"I'll agree that judging others is risky business, but I truly believe that the type of superstition encouraged by institutions like the Dalai Lama is a negative rather than a positive."Everything I've read by or about the Dalai Lama does not seem to indicate he is encouraging or attempting to spread "superstition" so how do you come to that conclusion? I suppose you could make an argument that he is a "negative" force rather than a positive but that argument, I think, would be fairly thin. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/25/2043313.htm"I could be wrong, but I don't think so."
Well, I won't accuse you of being wrong but I would ask you to define how he encourages "superstition" and what his negative effect on the world is. I mean we could probably spend days listing things that have a negative effect on mankind and the world and never get to the Dalai Lama. I think your statements are curious and it would be interesting to know how you got there.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
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"Well, I don't claim to be a divinely gifted, reincarnated spiritual leader who comes to the post only by birthright."Well, he did not claim to be any of that, actually he was claimed. If you read anything by him he is:A. quite humbleB. devoted to peace and understanding
"I'll agree that judging others is risky business, but I truly believe that the type of superstition encouraged by institutions like the Dalai Lama is a negative rather than a positive."Everything I've read by or about the Dalai Lama does not seem to indicate he is encouraging or attempting to spread "superstition" so how do you come to that conclusion? I suppose you could make an argument that he is a "negative" force rather than a positive but that argument, I think, would be fairly thin. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/25/2043313.htm"I could be wrong, but I don't think so."
Well, I won't accuse you of being wrong but I would ask you to define how he encourages "superstition" and what his negative effect on the world is. I mean we could probably spend days listing things that have a negative effect on mankind and the world and never get to the Dalai Lama. I think your statements are curious and it would be interesting to know how you got there.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
