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To: stripes1776
I said:

What lies at the heart of Christianity is the peace of knowing Jesus has given us full and unimpeded access to the Father without requiring a priesthood, rituals, good works, or anything other than accepting the free gift of salvation. This is not in the least incompatible with the Eightfold Path, and in fact compliments it perfectly.

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Bosh

Wow. I guess you're right.

48 posted on 02/26/2009 8:04:12 PM PST by TaoOfSteve
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To: TaoOfSteve
Wow. I guess you're right.

I am happy to see that you acknowledge that I am right. You are coming to your senses. To help you further in your new awareness of the truth, let me quote one of the masters of Christian orthodoxy:

No two ideals could be more opposite than a Christian saint in a Gothic cathedral and a Buddhist saint in a Chinese temple. The opposition exits at every point; but perhaps the shortest statement of it is that the Buddhist saint always has his eyes shut, while the Christian saint always has them very wide open. The Buddhist saint has a sleek and harmonious body, but his eyes are heavy and sealed with sleep. The mediaeval saint's body is wasted to its crazy bones, but his eyes are frightfully alive. There cannot be any real community of spirit between forces that produced symbols so different as that (G.K. Chesterton, Otrhodoxy).
I am glad to see that you are beginning to open your eyes and recognized what is right.
49 posted on 02/26/2009 11:59:08 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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