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RAME -
Lining pockets or indulging pleasures - didn't you know that what religions is really about? ;-)
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 8:05 PM
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Mama D -
Thanks for stopping by and reading.
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 3:23 PM
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Ukie -
That is a good way to put it. Religion IS an excuse for many to not honor faith.
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 3:23 PM
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Avant -
Yeah, we do. It's unfortunate that we give that kind of power away.
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 3:21 PM
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Ciel -
You're right about words having power for some.
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 3:20 PM
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Faith is about relationship with God and others.
not religion.
Religion seems to be man's excuse for not honoring faith.
posted by
QuailNest
on June 8, 2005 at 12:50 PM
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sannhet
great post. our state of being reflects how deeply we depend on words and images to make ourselves feel secure. for most, for anyone to question them is like threatening their lives. we all know what happens next, don't we?
posted by
avant-garde
on June 8, 2005 at 12:43 PM
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Metta -
You're welcome!
posted by
sannhet
on June 8, 2005 at 11:58 AM
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Oh, how true!
We are, most of us, seeking the same God whatever we call Him. Those who fight and injure each other in the name of religion, well some of them are fighting because of the misunderstandings and the belief that what they believe is the one true thing to believe and for others to believe in something else, for some reason, frightens them and so they strike out, but those who start the fighting in the first place, I'm not sure that religion had any part in it. No, I think that many of those who start the fighting in the first place are more interested in lining their own pockets and are monetarily gaining in some way or they gain in power or something entirely that has nothing to do with religion.
posted by
RAME
on June 8, 2005 at 11:17 AM
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Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!
~Mama.Dragonfly487
posted by
Mama.Dragonfly
on June 8, 2005 at 10:36 AM
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Some people believe so much in the power of words themselves
that to them,
pani, jal and
water must be three different things. And when they hear that there is only one water, there is no water but water, and it is called water, and "I am Water, Thy Water: Thou Shalt Have No Water But Me," perhaps they fear to disturb something so absolute by calling it Pani, or Jal...
posted by
Ciel
on June 8, 2005 at 10:22 AM
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sannhet, that is one of my favorite quotes, too. Thank you for posting it.
posted by
Metta
on June 8, 2005 at 8:19 AM
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