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Tom Sawyer · 02-13-2003, 02:30 PM

I just read this article and found it to be very good and thought that I would share it with folks here:

Buddhist Retreat

I particularly like this line:

Quote:

All religions, including Buddhism, stem from our narcissistic wish to believe that the universe was created for our benefit, as a stage for our spiritual quests. In contrast, science tells us that we are incidental, accidental. Far from being the raison d'�tre of the universe, we appeared through sheer happenstance, and we could vanish in the same way. This is not a comforting viewpoint, but science, unlike religion, seeks truth regardless of how it makes us feel.

That pretty much sums up the way I feel about the subject

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