The Dalai Lama and Richard Dawkins may not have much in common – one is a world-renowned spiritual leader and the other a Tibetan monk – but both of them seem to think we can manage in a world without religion.
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Richard Dawkins and the Dalai Lama on religion
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Re: Richard Dawkins and the Dalai Lama on religion
What a silly piece. Sometimes the Guardian disappoints sorely - as do some articles on HP:
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Straw men, manipulations and misreadings abound. Also, it's funny to hear Christian apologetics point out the grave problems HHDL 'has' in his own backyard - or read that one of the dangers of ditching religion for spirituality is that the latter may turn into commodity, and the whole Spiritual Quest become a marketplace. Unlike, it is implied, the good old religion, of course.
And there's something deeply wrong with praising the Christian world for giving us feminist theology, liberation theology and some such, isn't there? I mean, sure they deserve praise, and yes, they wouldn't be here without the aforementioned Christian world, but...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-der ... 85346.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Straw men, manipulations and misreadings abound. Also, it's funny to hear Christian apologetics point out the grave problems HHDL 'has' in his own backyard - or read that one of the dangers of ditching religion for spirituality is that the latter may turn into commodity, and the whole Spiritual Quest become a marketplace. Unlike, it is implied, the good old religion, of course.
And there's something deeply wrong with praising the Christian world for giving us feminist theology, liberation theology and some such, isn't there? I mean, sure they deserve praise, and yes, they wouldn't be here without the aforementioned Christian world, but...
Générosité de l’invisible.
Notre gratitude est infinie.
Le critère est l’hospitalité.
Edmond Jabès
Notre gratitude est infinie.
Le critère est l’hospitalité.
Edmond Jabès
Re: Richard Dawkins and the Dalai Lama on religion
plwk wrote:The Dalai Lama and Richard Dawkins may not have much in common – one is a world-renowned spiritual leader and the other a Tibetan monk...
I'm stuck trying to figure out when Richard Dawkins became either a world-renowned spiritual leader or a Tibetan monk...
If they can sever like and dislike, along with greed, anger, and delusion, regardless of their difference in nature, they will all accomplish the Buddha Path.. ~ Sutra of Complete Enlightenment
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Re: Richard Dawkins and the Dalai Lama on religion
Apologists, not apologetics. That's what happens when you try to wake up by posting.treehuggingoctopus wrote:What a silly piece. Sometimes the Guardian disappoints sorely - as do some articles on HP:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-der ... 85346.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Straw men, manipulations and misreadings abound. Also, it's funny to hear Christian apologetics point out the grave problems HHDL 'has' in his own backyard - or read that one of the dangers of ditching religion for spirituality is that the latter may turn into commodity, and the whole Spiritual Quest become a marketplace. Unlike, it is implied, the good old religion, of course.
And there's something deeply wrong with praising the Christian world for giving us feminist theology, liberation theology and some such, isn't there? I mean, sure they deserve praise, and yes, they wouldn't be here without the aforementioned Christian world, but...
Générosité de l’invisible.
Notre gratitude est infinie.
Le critère est l’hospitalité.
Edmond Jabès
Notre gratitude est infinie.
Le critère est l’hospitalité.
Edmond Jabès