> >But I DO think that Sufism offers one of the very few leverage
> >points for moderating Islam.
From: "Brian D Williams" <talon57@well.com>
> I consider
> myself more of a "Zennist" than a "Buddhist"
That's a good place to start. Zenism is to Buddhism as Sufism is to
Mohammedism.
Zen does not moderate Buddhism any more than Sufism can moderate Mohammedism.
Buddha was a man, and zen is the way.
Likewise, Mohammed was a man, and islam is the way.
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Mulla Nasrudin had harnessed a kitten to his broken-down Cadillac. When
bystanders pointed out that this was absurd, he replied, "You all may think
so, but I got a horsewhip."
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