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2002-09-05 Europe

Church leaders speak against 'wicked' war

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-05 11:46 am|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 By 1978 the time had come for Maha Ghosananda to help his people. The `walking skeletons', as they were called at the time, who had survived the killing fields were streaming across the border into refugee camps in Thailand. Maha Ghosananda went to set up Buddhist temples in the camps. And as he walked among the refugees he would offer each one, with a bow of his head, a piece of paper with the teaching of the Buddha:
Hatred is not overcome by hatred; hatred is overcome by love. This is a law eternal.

Posted by sassafrass 2002-09-06 19:26:20|| [sassafrass.pitas.com] 2002-09-06 19:26:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't get the idea that all us Christians believe this twaddle. I certainly don't. The guys here are basically the secular world's house clergy, extremely pliable and around to give moral cover to whatever the secular folks wanted to do. I've always felt that clergymen like these would find nice things to say about National Socialism if they thought the world wanted them to.

Posted by Chris 2002-09-05 14:29:54|| [mcj.blogspot.com/] 2002-09-05 14:29:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Bear in mind, these people aren't really Christians. They're basically atheists who just like the whole church concept for some reason I can't fathom. They basically have taken the whole religious aspect out of it, turning it into more of a secular humanist sort of thing.

With a large dash of marxism, since it's in Europe. So you end up with people not thinking that people are evil, only governments/capitalists are (specifically the US)

Posted by Anonymous 2002-09-05 15:55:41|| 2002-09-05 15:55:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, neither us athiests or secular humanists want these morons. Stupidity like theirs knows no religious affiliation.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-09-05 16:51:50|| 2002-09-05 16:51:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, us potential Zoroastrians don't want them! Maybe the Hindoos have room...

Posted by Fred 2002-09-05 17:10:18|| 2002-09-05 17:10:18|| Front Page Top

#6 OK, they're professional bureaucrats with no accountability in systems where advancement is based on raising money. Anybody offended now?

Posted by Mark Morris 2002-09-05 18:51:48|| 2002-09-05 18:51:48|| Front Page Top

#7 As Napoleon remarked (when told thet the Pope opposed his plans for conquest):

"The Pope? How many divisions does *he* have?"

Posted by mojo 2002-09-06 08:49:43|| 2002-09-06 08:49:43|| Front Page Top

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