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http://budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/133.htm

Lots of stuff to quibble with, but isn't the thrust so very sweet.

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Originally posted by apathist
That's a force, isn't it? Introspective people feel it. Buddhists say our purpose is to end suffering. I appreciate that, but it doesn't quite work, because a world-breaker bomb would end all of our suffering and yet that doesn't feel right. Does it?
That's where intelligence comes in: to find our reason for manifestation in the first place.

Severe case of amnesia all around the world..
We were supposed to get more light in here,into this part of the universe, remember?

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Originally posted by karoly aczelThat's where intelligence comes in: to find our reason for manifestation in the first place.

Severe case of amnesia all around the world..
We were supposed to get more light in here,into this part of the universe, remember?
Most of us aren't soldiers, and most soldiers are good people in a harsh place. I like our ling-term odds.

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Originally posted by apathist
Most of us aren't soldiers, and most soldiers are good people in a harsh place. I like our ling-term odds.
ling? What is wrong with you.

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Originally posted by apathist
Most of us aren't soldiers, and most soldiers are good people in a harsh place. I like our ling-term odds.
A realist with a positive outlook

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Originally posted by karoly aczel...
We were supposed to get more light in here,into this part of the universe, remember?[
The gods need us. They aren't doing so well on their own.

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Originally posted by apathist
The gods need us. They aren't doing so well on their own.
They're not supposed to interfere...
That's why the aliens don't show up