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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: Poly- and Mono- Theism: both incompatible with eclecticism
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 23:54:39 EST
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>Buddhism, I might point out, is at base atheistic; the "Gods" are
>representations of priniciples, and are not considered real.

My reading of Buddhism is that it takes an agnostic position towards
the existence of God(s).  This was one of the questions that the
Buddha refused to answer on the grounds that it did "not lead to
enlightenment".

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"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve"
	Bill Jefferys  8-%
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