At 11:20 PM 11/28/2002 -0800, Andrew McGuigan wrote: > >I knew I would get in trouble if I didn't post >examples, but that seemed just as likely if I *did* >post examples. I think there are questions worth >asking that do not have to do with the material world. > Why do we exist? Strikes me as a silly question. > Why do we immediately bond with >some people and despise others? An interesting question, and one I shouldn't be at all surprised to find that science can eventually answer. > Why do we love each >other in the abscense of children? I'm not sure what this means. >Why are prayers >answered? Because many of us are skilled at lying to ourselves. > > >I am arguing, I guess, that things can change without >becoming "unrecognizable". Uh...I don't think anyone has disputed that. I was arguing for the Incredible Shrinking God. I don't think you can find anything in the last few hundred years og Buddhist or Hindu teachings to dispute that. I mean, the Hindu's are even getting away from the *caste* system, which was decreed by the gods in the first place.