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Ha! Yeah, that happens too. See, for me, the Bible, like any text, is like a map, or a road sign. Not to reduce them in order to disparage, rather to show, in their ordinariness, the entire beauty of the universe. The Bible is very much a finger pointing to the moon, and should be honored for...

Yep. Although we have to be careful about that old aphorism. Just discussing whether the Bible is corrupt really is just looking at the finger ,is it not?

I practice Buddhism, and I suppose that would make me a Buddhist, but I'm not so sure that's accurate. It isn't as if I believe in Buddhism, and disbelieve in everything else. I find that the practice of mindfulness, the eightfold path, understanding how I am creating my own suffering, these...

yep

Yup, I get that.

Interesting bifurcation. What happens if those two options just don't fit? The third or fourth option is where my message was headed. Sorry if the metaphor triggered you.

No correction, but an addition. I always hate to say "yeah, but..." when I can say, "yes, and..." As a practicing Buddhist, I would say that my belief can be honored while seeing that it may not accurately reflect the way things really are. This awareness, that my thinking about things and...

As always, the question is so much more than any answer! :)

Could it be said that in this particular context, love has become attachment?

Oh come now, Tabula Rasa was refuted generations ago

This is what fascinates me. One person begins to wake up, another doesn't. A Harvard psychiatrist takes LSD and becomes Ram Dass. I guess it's just an effect of getting older, but watching the way things really are, aside from what I think they are, is a most enjoyable pass time. Many people are...

Shhhh, you're going to give away the game! :)

You know, there's a lot to be said for doing that :)

Okay, take it easy, I was just joking about old English usage, not criticizing or judging.

I'm not sure you can speaketh "verily" unless there's a "yea" in front of it. :)

I'm totally with you. I do question, though not in an arrogant way, the rising of religion and the desire for religion. Of course, in Christian terms, God handed down religion to an unruly, and often disobedient, created man. In my imagination, there exists a "chicken and the egg" conundrum. Did...

Still looking for my donkey!

Yeah, sorry about that, but there's no other word to use for that joke :)

I say you're a dreamer, but most likely, not the only one... ;)

Of course, of course. I just found it so humorously fitting that the Buddha was in the middle. :)