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First off, you must've missed the J/K (just kidding) in one of my responses and the other that said the comments about hippies and such were "tongue-in-cheek".
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I know -- it's just the same old stuff. Some people are kidding, others are not. I take it with a grain of salt. Also, you came off as quite condescending.
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Second, in the post above and your response to S10 you seem to be making a good deal of judgements and using sterotypes about me and others.
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I can see why you would think that.
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Third, "looking like an ass" and "buttplug" references are unnecessary.
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True. The "looking like an ass" comment was founded in the sense of that saying about assuming. Either way, that stuff was pretty juvenile. What can I say? It's tough when it everyone is ganging up on you, and basically saying you're a nut for trying to be positive, and that you have no idea about "real" life and live in a fantasy world. They're basically saying the foundation for my life is worthless, and hence, so is my life. Harsh.
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Anyway, all that aside, I don't for a second think that you and people like you are the problem with this country. One of the reasons I served in the armed forces was to make sure that everyone in this country keeps the right to his/her own beliefs and has the ability to express them. Whether I believe they are misguided or not is simply my opinon and is certainly no point of frustration for me. If I was so frustrated with differing points of view I certainly wouldn't banter back and forth with saden and others all the time.
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You remind me of my Dad.
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I completely understand your point and as I've stated before, and other have as well, in theory there is some sense to it, in reality not so much.
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See what I mean?
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I haven't studied or researched Buddhism so I can't effectively comment. As far as Tolle's take on Jesus, I have as much credibility, if not more credibility, than he does on commenting on the Gospels and their meaning. My comments are influenced by men who have devoted their lives to the study of Jesus' teachings, not someone who has pulled his philosophy from several different and completely disparate sources and who has no formal theological training.
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Tolle has devoted his life to the study of Jesus' teachings, as well as other prophets. But, I'm not sure why that makes any difference.