>>>"Steven Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > >And I'm really curious about how you're going to come up with a definition >of the rebirth of the human soul that doesn't involve the supernatural. Oh, I have no explanation for this, I believe reincarnation does/would/must involve some sort of supernatural power. The theology of it would not make sense otherwise. >>>Buddhism, more than any other region that comes to mind, is all *about* >>>supernatural powers, revering them, and how to get them for yourself. > >Remember, this part of the discussion revolved around my claim that the >word "religion" implies the belief in something superhuman, and some else's >claim that, by this definition, Buddhism is not a religion. I insist that, >by this definition, it is. That's my only claim on this issue. Ahhh, I see, well then, I did forget myself, and I stand corrected. In that regard I must agree that Buddhism is a religion even by that standard. Even with my limited knowledge of Buddhism I would say Buddhist certainly believe in the super-human/supernatural. I believe, your choice of words had left me confused, (and since I believe I saw one other held a similar position to my own, perhaps others too), in that they implied that Buddhist seek to obtain super-natural power in the way that, se, Foulcant would claim certain members of society seek to obtain power on a societal level. My apologies. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail