Steve - I agree that there is a need for ongoing dialogue about this - in almost every case when the state has a endorsed a "State religion" problems arise...and even in America, where there is a lot of freedom to choose one's religious practice and to carry it out unimpeded, we still see many trying to use courts and legislative actions to limit or remove one or another group's rights [sometimes even private citizens rights] to practice their own religion peaceably. I certainly do not have any easy answers: this country was designed to allow tolerance of diverse ideas and views, but our international policies and actions seem to me, at times, to belie that. and internally, many of us are very intolerant of other's worldviews...I hope the Dalai Lama's decision plays out as he hopes... As for the USA, If Christians would take the lead in promoting religious tolerance it might help...I find it hardest to be that person when it comes to my closest associa
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Yeah, I've read this. It sounds very good, but I believe this is the
same guy who described where he was as a place with clouds floating
around, A beautiful woman whom he apparently didn't know. Then he
talked with (and I forget the exact words here, but this is the idea)
the creator and sustainer of the entire Cosmos. The clouds in
particular sound more like a popular idea of heaven than what heaven
must really be like, In other words, although there are plenty of
near-death experiences that are convincing to me, I'm suspicious of
this one.
Thanks, Jim
I also think there may be some questionnable elements here, but I did find the main points compelling--such an experience when functionally brain-dead is a convincing element...I'm not sure that heaven would not have clouds?