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1 Corinthians 13:12 (King James Version) 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. If we can't be certain of the metaphysical speculations about various religions, isn't the one thing all agree upon...

When Israel was conquered by Babylon, and the Jews carried off into exile, it became paramount to take the oral traditions and the various bits and pieces that had been written down and compile them into one single treatise, in order that the Jews wouldn't forget their heritage. Thus the Old...

A student goes to a master and asks, how should I seek enlightenment? The master says, achieve non-attachment. So the student becomes a wandering mendicant, lest he become too attached to any one place. When he meets people whose company he enjoys, he stays away from them, lest he become too...

You'll need to ask Joe Smith (if that is his real name).

You'll need to ask Joe Smith (if that is his real name).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mhsW5aWJM&feature=related

And Taoism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Egyptian paganism, the works recorded and saved by Spanish monks in the new world as Aztec and Mayan religions were being suppressed, and the aboriginal shamanisms practiced by all the cultures visited by 19th century anthropologists...

And Taoism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Egyptian paganism, the works recorded and saved by Spanish monks in the new world as Aztec and Mayan religions were being suppressed, and the aboriginal shamanisms practiced by all the cultures visited by 19th century anthropologists...

Rumi Omar Khayyam

Other than what? We need an initial reference point for your question to be answerable. But, if you're interested in the different kinds of impact it has on different cultures, compare, say, Japanese Zen Buddhism with Tibetan Buddhism. Thailand is officially a Buddhist country. and the...

Hey, just what are you trying to imply? I'm going to infer some kind of insult from your implications!

debate rage? How many times do people need to be told that these things aren't a secular "attack" on Christianity. Both come from England centuries ago. The X in the abbreviation Xmas is the Greek letter Chi, not the Roman X. It's the first letter in Christ, when it's spelled out in Greek...

None of my friends do, but as you can see from my pic, I need to do make that complaint constantly.

Plein air impressionism, when it comes to oils. Minimalism when it comes to mixed media abstracts. I love the Fluxus school when it comes to sculpture. Dadaist or other schools of absurdism in poetry and theater. Traditional ethnic dancing, particularly koto drumming (which seems more about the...

Ah, projection, thy name is "Rooker". Edit: Tee hee, with every key stroke, you betray ever more ignorance. Rev Soleil's use of the adjective "gross" (which comes to English from Latin languages where it meant large or fat) is perfectly grammatically correct. It means you have a HUGE...