Heidegger

In a message dated 8/30/2006 10:18:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
GEVANS613 at aol.com writes:
He is trying to establish the Church of Now, a God-optional religion that
lists 14 precepts, including, “The only ‘sin’ is not living fully,” and, “This
life is the one that counts; this IS your eternal reward.”
The religion has elements of Buddhism, Taoism and New Age thinking. Although
some of the beliefs might sound unorthodox and nonreligious (“Laughter is a
must!”), Mr. Boden is earnest in his beliefs and his desire to establish a
spiritual community.
As a teenager in Virginia, he dabbled in the New Age movement, experimenting
with crystals and Wicca. In his early 20’s, he came across the Tao Te Ching,
reading the slim volume at the center of Taoism in a rhapsodic half-hour
sitting at a coffee shop.
[Bernard]If the US Govt. taxed religion like it taxes everyhting else
“religion,” in the US, would disappear. Non-taxable religion is a violation of the
Constitutional mandate for separation of Church and state.

(bxbovasso)

Posted on Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 2:10 am
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