[Buddha-l] Re: Speaking of tests

[Bshmr at aol.com]

BeliefNet has value although its appeal or targeted niche is biased/narrow.  
I fantasize that a poll (today) would score like an open (voice) vote in the  
USAn Executive staff meeting or a USAn House of Representatives tally for a 
free  lunch. 
 
The Buddhist discussion topics invariably have advice from Abrahamic  
traditions and a covey of 'zen' amateurs pretending to be 'masters'. 
 
That said.
 
_http://www.beliefnet.com/about/management.asp_ 
(http://www.beliefnet.com/about/management.asp)   [ Their principals used to include a Brookings Institute 
principal but now it  appears to be run by media and sales heavies. One used 
to be able to track some  of the money -- LeHavre advertised heavily there; a 
few of the start-up 'angels'  were known. A QAD background was near nil. l
 
WALDMAN, STEVEN -- 
_http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=WALDMAN%2C+STEVEN_ (http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=WALDMAN,+STEVEN) 
BECKER,  DAVID 
SAMS, ELIZABETH 
JACQUOT, ALAIN 
HAMILTON, ROLAND 
 
_http://www.beliefnet.com/mediakit/contact.htm_ 
(http://www.beliefnet.com/mediakit/contact.htm)   [ To comment on operation or hype your gig (pop 
art(icle). ]
 
**
 
While I was there, I re-took some inventories:
 
Spiritual type = 38, Spiritual Dabbler, one who ain't impressed with  theism. 
Note less superstitious or 'ghost-driven' than others here, perhaps we  
should ban them. Participating at 'buddha-l' is removing religion from me, in  case 
that is important to anyone.
 
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Belief-O-Matic (by SelectSmart) [ I refuse to wear that suggestive  (UU) 
symbol; I fancy 'UUA', BTW, which can't be mistaken for a stutter. Again,  it is 
possible that reading The Most Senior Richard, that Dr. Hayes, promotes  
UUA-ism and hermitage buddhism. TTBOMK, this is not Hobbesan or genetic but  
something prion-ish (see spongiform encephalitis), that is, uniquely contagious.  ]
 
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (93%)
3.  Secular Humanism (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
...


Richard Basham
 
PS: Digest E-mail works well when things are slow or very, very busy. I am  
just hours behind.
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