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Subject: Re: "Irrational superstition"

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zenwind

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Date Posted: 10/08/07 19:13
In reply to: zenwind 's message, ""Irrational superstition"" on 9/08/07 18:27

Rowan

I know and I could not agree more and echo what you said. And I always find it perplexing when people say "I don't believe in anything" but they believe in the scientific method as pointing to their truths. And science has its fundamentalists too.

Dawkins believes in a lot of speculative assumptions....he may not want to open the doors of temples, churches, but hey he could do so a little in his mind.

I agree that science and complementary routes both have their place but there is a lot that science does not do..... and spirituality and religion can....help to relieve suffering, compassion, kindness....and be there to hold someones hand....

peace
zenwind

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Rowan
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Date Posted: 10/08/07 20:17

Greetings to you dearest friend, Zen .... tee hee, I have calmed down a little now and climbed off my soapbox! LOL.

Yes so true ... perhaps the greatest gift we can give to someone who suffers is not the medical support so much as the personal touch of empathy ... of touching their heart and their spirit with our own. Of making that connection so they know they are not alone.

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