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At 20:22 14-05-2000 -0500, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:
>> Become a Buddhist.  You aren't asked to have belief in anything, only
>> to act properly and have compassion.  If Stallman is evil because he
>> is atheist, a huge number of other eminent people are evil too.
>> 
>
>FWIW, in Karate I was taught that Buddhism is not really a Religion, but
>rather a philosophy. Buddhism is not an option for me...I have real life
>reasons to believe in God.

Hehe, what a range of topics we are covering in this chat. :)

I agree that Buddhism is not really a religion, though I would not call it
a philosophy either. It's much easier to say what Buddhism is not than what
it is. :)

I've met Buddhists who believe in God. In fact, in Pittsburgh (isn't that
where you're headed?) I met a man who was professor of Catholic
spirituality at Duquesne University, and a Tibetan Buddhist at the same
time. Certainly an exception rather than a rule, but meeting him was
fascinating.

Adam


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