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I've read that the Jutes that settled on the Isle of Wight massacred the Celts there. The Anglo Saxons also used the same word to discribe both a Celt and a Slave, so if you wanted to get on with your new masters you had to become more Germanic and live the way they lived. I think they all inter...

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When religions get introduced to new peoples they mingle the two together to convert people. Christainity took over Pagan festivals to divert Pagans to a Christain viewpiont. The same thing happens in politics. The USSR acussed China of revisionism after Chairmen Moa adapted Marxism, Leninism...

I like Jesuses actions he took in life, I don't believe the various Churches apply the same actions to others. Jesus healed a Romans servant. How many Christain organisations would do the same?

I think it is fair to say that the New Testament does contain the message that the various Churches want their followers to follow. One part of the Bible to prove this is before Jesus was betrayed. Jesus was praying while Peter, James and John slept, yet we have a detail account of Jesus's words...

This is my whole point. Why do religious leaders seperate there followers? I can take positive inspiration from any religion. As the modern world has truly globalised with different peoples living together in different countries. The world economy is now dependant on a host of different...

Does the Koran differ a great deal from the laws of Moses? I've got a Koran but I've not had time to read it. I've read bits and pieces of it and what fansinates me it that all the Prophets of the Bible are in there. So if Christains, Jews and Muslims worship the same God, why don't they live in...

I hope some day everyone will wake up and reject everything that causes division amongest us. Everyone can then be themselves and live in peace with each other. Until this happens the world will be the same as it is now. When I read a lot of the posts, a lot of you pigeon hole different...

I personally see things from a Spiritualist point of veiw. I feel that live on earth is the nearest anyone will get to Hell. This is because nearly everyone acts in the name of greed to acheive their ends. And to follow this greed means you'll treat your fellows badly to reach your aims. All the...

Extremism exists on both sides. If the Taliban are extreme, George W Bush and Tony Blair are also extreme. They all force their views on others. Everyone should learn to disagree and get on with things. If you don't like something or someone its better to avoid them, rather than force change on...

To me it looks like Muslims want Islamic laws in the west, and the west wants western democracy in the middle east. Or should I say its the hard line members from both sides that want the other side to be like them. Its the making others fit into the others ideology that causes tensions between...

I like the way the media tell us of the latest threat. We were all going to be swiped out with Sars, Bird flu, Swine flu and then Swine flu again at the beginning of this year and we're all still here. I'm still trying to get some time of with the Millenium bug. As for the New Super Bug, the...

Hi, thanks for the advice. I've got Thich Nhat Hanh's Living Buddha, Living Christ which I enjoyed

I've got a book called "Teachings of Buddha" by Jack Kornfield but can anyone recommend any other books about his teachings?

I think if we all meditated and pacified our individual minds, our individual worlds would be perfect.

I can understand all your points of view. I believe if you find inner peace, you are then at peace with yourself and as we are all connected, we will find peace with each other. One of the most important sayings I find that Jesus said is "he who is without sin cast the first stone" We have all...

There was Conscientious objectors during the first world war. One of them was a church minister and he told the church congregation that he was not joining the army because Jesus wouldn't have done it. Fighting and wars were againest Jesus's teaching he told them. The congregation then all...

What I do with my life is my choice, but I haven't got a gun. But why do you want to interfer with other peoples lives for? Why do you want to control other people for? If a policeman says something to you that you don't like, if you ignore him he goes away. If you provoke him you'll get into a...

I personally people should live their own lifes and let everyone else live theirs. Its the control thing all over again.