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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   I was wondering... If there were TWO magic wardrobes, one leading to a   
   land where everyone practised Mere Christianity, the other leading to a   
   land where everyone practised Mere Buddhism, WHICH wardrobe would be   
   better/safer to go thru, and WHICH land would Aslan be likelier to be   
   better pleased by?   
      
   I think (hope) BOTH lands would be free of lying, theft, murder and rape,   
   but that doesn't cover the waterfront in terms of harms and evils, and   
   I'd be VERY apprehensive about going thru wardrobe one, because of what I   
   might find taking place on the other side...   
      
   If I were a minority denomination, a homosexual, a Jew, a black, a   
   Muslim, a woman, etc, my apprehension would be even higher. "Mere   
   Christianity" is ELOQUENT about core theological doctrines, but SILENT   
   about whether it's right or wrong to use severe forms of   
   punishment/execution, to wage war against other Christians, to grant   
   women and minorities equal rights, etc, etc.   
      
   But... would anyone be AS apprehensive about going thru wardrobe two,   
   into the land where everyone practised "Mere Buddhism"? Would anyone be   
   apprehensive at ALL? (Maybe this is my realtive ignorance of Buddhism   
   speaking here.)   
      
   One could increase the number of the wardrobes to include "Mere Islam"   
   (I'd be apprehensive, particularly if etc), "Mere Judaism" (ditto), "Mere   
   Hinduism" (less apprehensive in SOME ways), "Mere Jainism" (less   
   apprehensive), "Mere Zoroastrianism" (don't know enough to decide), etc.   
      
   * "The quickest way to feel tall is to kick a dwarf." -- Richard   
   Levinson.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)