Clyde Slick
October 15th 08, 07:17 AM
On 14 Oct, 17:26, Vinylanach > wrote:
> On Oct 14, 1:04 pm, George M. Middius >
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> > Vinylanach said:
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> > > > > > It's just that you comment on the silliness of religion,then
> > > > > > you, yourself, ascribed to the concept of Karma, just last week..
> > > > > > It's just another silly religious superstition.
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> > > > > No it isn't, you dimbulb. It's a philosophical concept. Go hang out with
> > > > > Scottie some more so you can reach bottom.
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> > > > Karma is a concept in Hinduism [that] explains causality through a
> > > > system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial
> > > > actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a
> > > > system of actions and reactions throughout a person's reincarnated
> > > > lives.
> > > > sounds very scientific and unsuperstitious to me.
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> > > If taken in its purest form, perhaps. But most people think it's just
> > > a good way to live life in the first place, regardless of the
> > > consequences.
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> > The Western version is lot shorter: Do unto others as you'd have them do
> > unto you.
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> There's a new version called the Platinum Rule. *Instead of it being
> "treat others as you would want to be treated," it's "treat others how
> THEY want to be treated." *In other words, it takes masochists like
> Arny and Sophomoric into account.
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> Boon-
there are several refinements to that new rule.
One is callled the "Brown Corralary"
> On Oct 14, 1:04 pm, George M. Middius >
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> > Vinylanach said:
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> > > > > > It's just that you comment on the silliness of religion,then
> > > > > > you, yourself, ascribed to the concept of Karma, just last week..
> > > > > > It's just another silly religious superstition.
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> > > > > No it isn't, you dimbulb. It's a philosophical concept. Go hang out with
> > > > > Scottie some more so you can reach bottom.
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> > > > Karma is a concept in Hinduism [that] explains causality through a
> > > > system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial
> > > > actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a
> > > > system of actions and reactions throughout a person's reincarnated
> > > > lives.
> > > > sounds very scientific and unsuperstitious to me.
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> > > If taken in its purest form, perhaps. But most people think it's just
> > > a good way to live life in the first place, regardless of the
> > > consequences.
>
> > The Western version is lot shorter: Do unto others as you'd have them do
> > unto you.
>
> There's a new version called the Platinum Rule. *Instead of it being
> "treat others as you would want to be treated," it's "treat others how
> THEY want to be treated." *In other words, it takes masochists like
> Arny and Sophomoric into account.
>
> Boon-
there are several refinements to that new rule.
One is callled the "Brown Corralary"