Marin County CA

"Tom Keats" wrote in message
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In article .net,
"Claire Petersky" writes:

No, Bill, he has his point. I mean really, to have people who are sincere
and committed to various religious practices, attend an interfaith (not
"faith-based") retreat together. C'mon. This is completely out of
fashion.

Yeah, personally (and apparently unlike bcrowell,) I don't
regard "faith" and "religion as strictly synonymous.
Sure, faith can have a religious component, but I think it
can also have spiritual, sociological, philosophical,
political, and yes, even scientific components. Often, "faith"
is all we have -- even in science. Except scientists prefer to
use the word: "axioms" instead.

Faith and religion are practically synonymous. Any other kind of faith is
for liberal loonies like you. If you do not have any religion, then learn to
live with despair like I do, you coward!

Perhaps instead of sitting in contemplative silence for much of the time,
we
should scream at each other. "Death to the infidel" has a good ring to
it,
don't you think?

Please Claire, do not try to think on such matters. It is way beyond you.
Instead, restrict yourself to telling us where you are going on your various
mindless trips.

I kinda like "Death by Chocolate."

Good comment Tom! I also like all your kinda's and your yeah's. It shows you
are a man of the working class - as all good Vancouver dock workers should
be.

And instead of reading each other's religious texts and
engaging in "constructive dialog", I think burning each other's texts
would
be closer to what's in tune with today's world.

Good thinking Claire! Why not read the Koran while you are at it though. Who
knows, you may glean some enlightenment that is not in the Christian Bible.

It would be especially nice if Native American faiths are
represented at this interfaith meditation retreat.
Anyways it's always good when people get together and
establish world-view common ground while celebrating
diversity and establishing friendship.

"Anyways it's always BAD when people get together and
establish world-view common ground while celebrating
diversity and establishing friendship." - Ed Dolan

Try to get a brain someday why don't you Tom? Or better yet, go to Baghdad
and see what those Muslim terrorists will do to you. Off with your head!
There, now you don't need any brain at all.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota