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  1. Pineblossom

    Does Islam Need a Reformation?

    I like generosity. But you could be right. I think al Ghazali was the last of the theologians who effectively closed down the debate.
  2. Pineblossom

    Does Islam Need a Reformation?

    Point taken. I would like to add that when I need to go to the toilet I do not do so in the middle of the street, like they did not all that long ago.
  3. Pineblossom

    Does Islam Need a Reformation?

    Islam needs a new theology. At the moment its theology is locked up in the 11th century and has not moved since. The first rumblings of Islam's inability to negotiate social change is demonstrated by its failure to adequately respond to the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WW I. Its...
  4. Pineblossom

    Australia, an island for boat people?

    Thatcher was mad - literally. Fraser adopted a intake of refugees who are now second and third generation Australians and had added to our growth. The last few governments have adopted a defacto white Australia policy and treated refugees as criminals placing them in indefinite prison...
  5. Pineblossom

    Why are you here on this forum?

    I enjoy the company.
  6. Pineblossom

    Heart Sutra

    Well, there is - according to who/what you accept as 'truth'. We, in the West, have been taught that when you kill really bad people through sanctions, called government, then killing is 'good'. If it was easy we would all be enlightened. It takes time and effort. The point is you have...
  7. Pineblossom

    Exidus and hitory

    Don't believe pop docos masquerading as history.
  8. Pineblossom

    Exidus and hitory

    But it was not used during the so-called Exodus. Have a look around.
  9. Pineblossom

    Abrahamic Faith vs Culture

    How does anything happen? Culture is a slippery subject - a bit like wrestling with smoke. Culture is what works. If it does not work it won't be absorbed into culture. In this sense culture has a functionality - it functions to hold a group together as an entity against others. As a...
  10. Pineblossom

    Exidus and hitory

    Yes - but much depends on what you call 'good'. 1 The label 'Jews' happened a long time later - if they did exist as slaves they would possible be known as Hebrews because of their language. 2 Slaves were part of life. Many people sold themselves into slavery and many slaves rose to...
  11. Pineblossom

    What will you do at the beginning of 2012?

    Pilgrimage.
  12. Pineblossom

    Christian Shaivism, Shaiva Christianity...

    Ramakrishna is not alone - Jesus' mother and siblings had concerns for his well being - well hanging around with his loopy cousin John The Baptizer probably didn't help the sceptics. I think most of those who claim so some sort of spiritual insight can fall into the same category. But I...
  13. Pineblossom

    Christian Shaivism, Shaiva Christianity...

    Indeed. Have you looked in the Ramkrishna Order? I think Sri Ramakrishna does a better job of synthesizing the essential elements of God consciousness. But the Christian church would eschew anything to do with Shiva.
  14. Pineblossom

    Did Jesus say he was God???

    Jesus never made any comment that he was YHWH - to do would have meant instant death. What he did say was that he was a son of the Father - as are we all.
  15. Pineblossom

    3 questions about Jesus's resurrection

    It doesn't. In order to get some sort of 'prophesy' out of the OT one has to do a lot imagining. The 'sign of Jonah' was not necessarily the 'three days' part but the fact that Nineveh was a heathen city that responded to call of a prophet. Jesus is saying that the Jews needs to pay...
  16. Pineblossom

    Gita is/isn't sacred

    Just as an aside - I moved from HDF as some of the stuff there was highly questionable.
  17. Pineblossom

    What will you do at the beginning of 2012?

    Well, I'm packed and ready to take off on 3 Jan to Israel and India for a couple of months. I have no idea what I am going to do for the other 10 months.
  18. Pineblossom

    Heart Sutra

    Murder is socially, and legally, sanctioned behaviour. What do you call war other than legalized murder? What is the difference between the assassination of Martin Luther King and Osama bin Laden? The fact is when we label something 'bad' or something 'good' has no bearing on the act involved...
  19. Pineblossom

    Heart Sutra

    Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parsumgate, Bodhi, Svaha Gone, Gone, Gone beyond, Gone beyond the beyond, Enlightenment, Hail. The Heart Sutra is quintessentially Buddhist. It originates from what is know as the second turning of the wheel of Dharma as spoken by the Buddha. The Buddha puts the...
  20. Pineblossom

    Advice needed on seeking a religious path

    Welcome. One thing a seeker needs is an open mind. Reading through your post it appears you have placed far too many restrictions of your path. Unless you are willing to stand on the edge of a cliff in a howling gale then you will forever seek safe havens - and safe havens are for those who...
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