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   From: kimmerian@fastmail.fm   
      
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   > Would you rather believe in his words   
   > than practice what he said is skillful?   
      
        We're discussing what the Apannaka Sutta says, not what to   
   believe in.   
      
        In the sutta the Buddha claims that "There actually is the   
   next world."  He calls the assertion there actually is the   
   next world "right speech."  He talks about the good destination   
   and the bad one.  Etc.   
      
        You don't have to believe what the Buddha says there.  You   
   don't have to believe the sutta describes his teaching   
   correctly.  But misrepresenting the sutta to make it match with   
   your beliefs is dishonesty.   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)