[Buddha-l] Theology among the Christians--may we be reminded of what Dogen said

[jkirk]

She doesn't even know who he was--but I bet she knows about South
Park :)
So maybe she'll pick something up from it..... I might try to
eliminate the title--too silly.
 

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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Curt
Steinmetz
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Theology among the Christians--may we be
reminded of what Dogen said

Does your granddaughter like Watts? It warms my heart to think
so. The fact that the South Park guys did the animation makes it
very subversive in terms of potentially getting through to
younger folks - at least I hope so.
Curt

jkirk wrote:
> Delightful. Sending it to my granddaughter. Thanks for the
memories of 
> Watts.
> JK
>
> ----------------------------
>
> Watts' point was that if aliens had come to earth too soon,
they would 
> have looked around and said, "huh - just a bunch of rocks."
> But if they came back later they would have said, "oh, we
thought it 
> was just a bunch of rocks, but now there are people." Watts
then goes 
> on to point out that:
>
> "We grow out of this world ... if evolution means anything it
means 
> that.  But you see we curiously twist it: we say, well, first
of all 
> in the beginning there was nothing but gas and rock and then 
> intelligence happened to arise in it, you know, like a sort of
fungus 
> or slime on the top of the whole thing. But we are thinking in
a way, 
> you see, that disconnects the intelligence from the rocks.
Where there 
> are rocks, watch out. Watch out!
> Because the rocks are eventually to come alive."
>
> Watts starts talking about this in this video at 3:04 into it:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5M8743a1s
>
> The animation in the above is by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of
South 
> Park fame. You can ignore the stupid title "Atheist
Spirituality", 
> which has nothing to do with anything.
>
> Watts also talks about this in "The Book", but this recorded
version 
> is actually better than that written version, in my opinion.
>
> Curt
>
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