[Buddha-l] Dawkins: The God Delusion

[Bruce G. Seidner Ph.D.]

Was it Sri Aurobindo who upbraided a contemptuous hell and brimstone 
missionary, asking what Jesus would do for him and his community when 
surely he had done so little for the missionary?

Being self responsible and deluded is more to my liking (and 
consistent with my personal experience) than being punished or graced 
by a fickle father. I worry and wonder about metaphysical speculation 
that leads to more or less exposure to the paranoia that answers the 
big questions/anxiety when wisdom and compassion don't have a 
fighting chance. Which, unfortunately, is also my almost daily and 
personal experience.

Bruce



At 04:41 PM 11/6/2006, you wrote:

>On page 394, note 95:
>
>"Julia Sweeney is also right on target when she briefly mentions 
>Buddhism. Just as Christianity is sometimes thought to be a nicer, 
>gentler religion than Islam, Buddhism is oftern cracked up to be the 
>nicest of all. But the doctrine of demotion on the reincarnation 
>ladder because of sins in a past life is pretty unpleasant. Julia 
>Sweeney: 'I went to Thailand and happened to visit a woman who was 
>taking care of a terribly deformed boy. I said to his caretaker, 
>"It's so good of you to be taking care of this poor boy." She said, 
>"Don't say 'poor boy,' he must have done something terrible in a 
>past life to be born this way."'
>
>Comments?
>
>W.F. Wong.
>
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