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   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > oxtail :   
   >   
   >> 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.   
      
      
   What does the sutta tell you to do?   
      
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