Buddhist Freethought

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>>    I'm curious.  Why is it, in these days of the "global village", that

>> there are people who still seem to believe that a belief in "God" is an

>> essential part of the definition of religion?  Neither the Jains of India

>> nor the Buddhists of SE Asia (aka Theravadins) find it necessary to

>> postulate (either philosophically or soteriologically) the existence of

>an

>> entity responsible for the creation and/or continuing maintenance of the

>> kosmos and who (in some systems) intervenes/interacts with persons or

>> peoples/nations in a manner which forms a necessary part of some

>> grand/divine economy.  Should I conclude that your forays into the field

>of

>> world/comparative religions failed to acquaint you with their tenets?


A quick Buddhist 'freethought' quote:

"Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because
it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to
believe from your chidhood, but reason truth out, and after you have
analysed it, then if you find it will do good for one and all, believe it,
live up to it and help others live up to it." Buddha

Patrick

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