(04-09-2010, 10:33 AM)Richard Wrote:(04-08-2010, 09:15 PM)haqiqu Wrote: Thanks for the link, Richard. I don't have any real resonance with the King James version of the Bible, never have. It's too choppy and it seems there is much left out of the writings. I would like to find a version of Jesus' life and words translated from the original Aramaic, but that's not possible, so the original Greek will have to suffice.
Haqiqu,
This is quoted from that website...
Quote:Faith is no excuse for ignorance!
Adherence to any tradition in disregard for textual evidence is sheer superstition.
No wonder the mainstream dislikes them.
You might enjoy this article
http://virtualreligion.net/forum/leaven.html
Richard
Thanks for the article. I looked at it last night and it looks very interesting. I look forward to reading more of it.
Love Letters
Every day, priests minutely examine the Law
And endlessly chant complicated sutras.
Before doing that, though, they should learn
How to read the love letters sent by the wind
and rain, the snow and moon.
~ Ikkyu ~
(Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology, trans. by Sonya Arutzen)