Re: [Pen-l] Religious atheism [was: Charter schools

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Doyle Saylor wrote:

Why not call yourself a Buddhist? That's what "religious atheists" are!!

Atheism requires a being in the world stance.  Buddhism is about dropping the illusions of life...a Buddhist can't know what is outside the world but knows it is there.  And therefore is not an atheist.

A-THEISM:  the "a," expressing negation,="without." "theos"="God."  Atheism literally means "without [a] God."  Because the "world" is "everything that is the case" there can be no "stance" that is  "outside the world." The assertion of something "outside the world" is precisely the dominant "illusion of life." To it people have the *strongest* attachment, *religious* attachment.  By showing that  "God" is not the case, Buddhism is antidote to that illusion. 

Shane Mage

This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it

always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,

kindling in measures and going out in measures."

Herakleitos of Ephesos

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