Posted on 01/07/2003 12:03:54 PM PST by xzins
ROTFLOL!!!!
Shirley Maclaine, Warren Beatty's sister and Rat Pack girlfriend, wrote two books on reincarnation, etc. She wrote that any child who dies "deserves" its fate because of its "bad karma from previous lives."
Although she was great in the "The Apartment," she does the devil's bidding, IMO.
All glory to God.
As an aside, the problem with self-flagellation as a means to spiritual growth is that once again it places our good standing with God in our hands and not in God's hands (salvation through works).
So while life's trials and tribulations do make us stronger for the effort we expend to surmount them in God's name, we can't say that enormous injustices are of our own making, i.e. the Jews in Nazi Germany or the blacks in the ghetto, or the starving Somalis.
Our lot in life was given to us by God, and His plan is all that matters. We will do with our lives as He sees fit.
That should give us (and Dr. Kornfeld) the strength to vanquish foes and praise His name.
i.e. Uma Thurman is the daughter of Robert Thurman, major Buddhist wacko who makes Richard Gere look like an acolyte.
Pardonez moi. 8~)
SHIRLEY'S are evil. (surely, they are.)
I think the largest objection the Orthodox would have to it is that it defiles the body, which was created in the image of God to become the likeness of God.
An extremely simple lifestyle, with much fasting and prayer, secluded from the worldly and secular life the rest of us have to battle today.
3 John 1:2 - "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."
Buddhism, by definition, is an empty, endless slumber..."the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom and meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth."
I, for one, don't want to be released from my "desire," most especially my fervent desire to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
And the only "rebirth" that exists is through Jesus Christ.
Enlightenment is a meaningless word without scriptural reference outside of Christ.
And as for "suffering," my family and I saw "The Pianist" tonight. It was a wrenching, numbing film about the evil mankind is capable of.
Unlike Dr. Kornfeld's story, Polanski had no room for God in his movie and not much space for courage either. It was luck or simple endurance that allowed some to survive such stark brutality.
However, as a Christian, I see it all as God's design. The greater the pain, the harder it is to understand and accept.
But it's is all of God. And that is an eternal comfort.
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