[Buddha-l] Re: Greetings from Oviedo

[Chan Fu]

On 10/6/05, Jim Peavler <jpeavler at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 6, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> > The sun is the most important causal factor affecting planet earth and
> > the
> > solar system (which is why we call it "solar" system). Therefore Bush
> > and
> > all his policies are the sun's fault. Bush never did a thing or had a
> > thought without the sun around somewhere, affecting not only Dubya but
> > all
> > his neocon gremlins as well.
>
>
> The sun, in fact, is the cause of the hurricane Katrina. Wouldn't it
> have been wonderful of Brownie had blamed the sun instead of everybody
> and everything else.

Actual, it isn't any more the "cause" of meteorological phenomena than
this planet's own existence, or the presence of water or an
atmosphere.
If y0u need to blame something, blame the second law of thermodynamics.
Which, for all we know, might be the only true God.