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What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Since I stopped going to church in the 90s I have struggled with defining my spirituality. No that’s not it. I understand and know where I stand, for the most part, spiritually but I have struggled with defining my spiritual affiliation. I believe my main reason for not attaching myself is some weird reticence to belonging to a community of believers. I don’t know if its arrogance or selfishness but I just can’t get over this hurdle. I picked up this book to see if I was really missing anything. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse explores the trappings of being a follower or believer. As I read it, he says if you are caught up in what it means to be a Buddhist you are not one. Emptiness is the way; meaning you have to go beyond the I am/am not duality. He is a contemporary person, not much older than me, so he uses examples and anecdotes that apply to today’s world without sounding like he is apart from it (I get this feeling from some...

It's 2007 and we're still noticing firsts. Congrats to Thelma, lets see if the College can follow soon. Thelma Monique Panton, a middler at Sewanee , the University of the South's School of Theology , is the first African American to be named student government president . Technorati Tags: sewanee , episcopal , african-american , black , religion

I know it's early but this has to be the one: "We shouldn't be constantly feeding negative energy to these kids," he (Suge Knight) said. "You can get rich with the devil's money, but you can only be happy with God's money." SUGE SET TO BURY DEATH ROW Technorati Tags: music , hip-hop , death row , religion , spirituality powered by performancing firefox

Discovery Channel Accused of Attacking Christianity -- 02/27/2007 If the findings are accurate, Charlesworth said, "we're finding a basis for Christian hope and vision indeed the Christian affirms that Jesus was fully God and fully human." I've never understood why this isn't the way more people think. I remember the hub-bub about Last Temptation of Christ and thinking, if you see the movie you know the story ends just like the Bible says besides, what is so wrong with thinking that Jesus was more like us? The concept was brought up again in Half Nelson - a tree is both strong and weak, yin yang are entwined, that was no longer good enough. At some point Christians and especially American Protestants became extemely fixed on the fact that Jesus is God. He was no longer the Son of God, he was no longer "born of a woman (virgin or not)"...except "baby Jesus". It's absolutely ridiculous. The Holy Book itself says He was both man and God......

I was born, raised, confirmed and educated Episcopalian and I think the Anglican Communion has lost its grip on its mission. I know, the Catholics are dealing with the same thing but this is ridiculous. Their job is to bring people to the Word of God and bring the Word to the people. Unless I missed something in my Confirmation class, as well as Catholic Catechism , the Word of God is love. If Christians believe God is omnipotent and omniscent then surely His Word is all inclusive. Thank God for people like Bishop Sisk . Grow up you scared little puppies. If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you. T.S. Eliot Technorati Tags: episcopal , catholic , gay