| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A Simple Question? |
| Posted by: | InnerCalm |
| Date/Time: | 03/10/2003 00:28:57 |
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Jim Wrote: you don't have believe in god and can assume (if you wanted)that ALL spiritual teachers are in it to manipulate people. that's probably not the most resourcefull perspective but who would I be to tell you otherwise? -------------------------------------------------- It's not that I don't believe in God, it's just that I don't think of God in the context which organized religion presents God. Organized religion down through the centuries have exploited the issue in many very manipulative ways. I believe that spirtuality is something that comes from within, not from being part of an organized religion. Every religion has different views, different creeds or ideas of how it's followers should interprete God or whatever name they give to the almighty. Some have more than one God. For all I know the universe in which we live may be nothing more than a ripple effect, created when God dipped his finger into his reflecting pool. Who's to say how we should interprete God? |