So teaching stomping on Jesus ok ?????

[Skybird]

No problem if other names get their share, too, including Muhammad or Buddha.

Article says the exercise means to illustrate the power of names/words, which the very existence of this thread perfectly illustrates to be true. Whether it is positive that names/words are given so much authority, is something different.

Many years ago I used to know many lifestyle Buddhists. They seriously tried to tell me that I would damage my karma and that it was a "sin" if I would place certain Buddhist books on the floor or on bookshelves located at lower height than my heart when standing. Some of them really became incited when I refused to comply.



Certain things amongst religious people never change, no matter their religion being theistic or nontheistic or polytheistic.

Needless to say, those acquaintanceships did not last forever.

Words... A bamboo flute without holes is no flute, but a hole without a flute is something very different.

[AVGWarhawk]

Seems a silly exercise to demonstrate the power of a word. The student should be allowed to not participate without recourse. My daughter did not want to participate in the dissection of a frog in her Biology class. Cutting up animals is not her cup of tea. She was excused without recourse. A fellow classmate was also excused.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Many years ago I used to know many lifestyle Buddhists. They seriously tried to tell me that I would damage my karma and that it was a "sin" if I would place certain Buddhist books on the floor or on bookshelves located at lower height than my heart when standing.

Whatever happened to "if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him"? I guess they must've missed the memo.

[Oberon]

Do the Jesus stomp!