Theos-Talk Archives (August 1997 Message tl00306)

At 02:35 PM 8/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-08-14 01:55:48 EDT, you write:
>
>>BTW, a belief in God is a requirement of all religions,
>
>The good Buddhist may argue with you on that one.
>
>Chuck the Heretic
>

It can be argued either way. One can say "there is no God" because
there's no supreme "big daddy" looking over everything,
everywhere, because no matter how big you make a being there
are far bigger schemes of existence where he is a small fry.

On the other hand, one can argue that there's a transcendental
order behind the apparent randomness of external life, an order
that goes beyond the physical (and non-physical beings). This
Order makes itself known thought high spiritual beings that
cooperate with it, and is known under different names including
the Tao.

This Order goes beyond the manifest/unmanifest, chaos/cosmos,
physical/immaterial splits, and beyond any duality we may
experience in life.

-- Eldon