From: Spike (spike66@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Jul 19 2003 - 14:11:52 MDT
From: Robert J. Bradbury
...One of the reasons that I brought up the topic of Buddhist beliefs
was that it is relatively non-political at this time but might become a
topic of significance when one considers future paths for humanity and
the very different perspectives that Westerners (mainly a Christian
heritage) and Buddhists have with regard to the importance/meaning of
"life" itself... Robert
Christianity rose as a sort of melding of
Judaism and Greek thought. Eventually the
mind child far surpassed both of its philosophical
parents. In our current world with major
worldviews coming ever more into direct contact
and resulting in conflict, I see a similar
melding possible with Christianity and
Buddhism. Take the best of these two
guys, throw out the nonsense, mix in a healthy
dose of the scientific worldview the vision of
transhumanism, and we have all the makings for
a robust new religion for the masses.
spike
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Jul 19 2003 - 14:17:55 MDT