XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   noname wrote:   
      
   >Lots of hidu-studies lately?   
      
   Since Buddhism grew out of Hinduism, and crossposts   
   being what Tang likes to do, Taoism gets lumped elephant-wise   
   as being the formless formed form being such as things are all things   
   all in all there being one and how and everything included as such.   
      
   It makes no difference, apparently, in Tang's mind, that a rhino   
   is not an orange nor an apple is a hippo chip off the old potato peel.   
      
   > I never really got into hinduism, too many   
   >barriers-to-entry so to speak.  Missing cultural background maybe, who   
   >knows, it just didn't make enough sense to keep me reading.   
      
   The Upanishads caught my interest immediately.   
   The Gita made perfect sense to me on many levels of realizations.   
      
   >I happen to know about the dude who abides, and the dude whose carpet got   
   >pissed on.  Never read a Tale Of Two Cities though.  The point being that   
   >references which draw on presumed common knowledge may not work as well if   
   >they're from a 1-series TV show three decades ago.   
   >   
   >Here's what I'd like to know: why does philosophy always end up at God,   
   >just like most internet debates end up talking about Hitler?   
      
   Selective perception can be a reason.   
      
   - filter feeders vary   
      
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