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Old 11-18-2009, 01:49 PM   #55 (permalink)
Xerxys
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru View Post
Does anyone want to tell me why more people have a problem with Osama bin Laden than the Dalai Lama?


I don't know if religion influences culture more than culture influences religion, but the too are indeed connected. But does this make religion the problem?
In a sense yes. Think of the reason behind many actions carried out in the times. Religion appeals to a higher purpose. In the name of god encompass the spirit of justice, all that is good, all that is pure and all that is giving/fulfilling in life and creation.

The means at which this deity is appeased is also the tool used to measure ones purity.
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