Re: virus: religion

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:37:26 +0100


In message <3533D9C5.6B159FF6@ma.ultranet.com>, Sodom
<sodom@ma.ultranet.com> writes
>I disagree very seriously - religion is weak philosophy at its best. All
>religions are man made contrivences to aleviate their fears of the unknown.
>Religion is just a lie, or misconception compounded by lies and more
>misconception until there is mountain of misunderstandings so high as to be
>impossible to fully disassemble. Mystic experiences can almost always be
>explained by common brain issues, as with UFOs.

You seem to be confusing mysticism with the supernatural.
Mysticists actually just elevate experience over
rationality. And Buddhism (or what I take to be its
essence, anyway) requires no belief in the supernatural
whatsoever. That's one of its main attractions for me.

-- 
Robin