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- From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
- Sender: Jpunix@urchin.fidonet.org
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!jpunix!urchin!Jpunix
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: religion vs. philosophy
- Message-ID: <725810221.AA08775@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:00:02 -0500
- Lines: 39
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- (deleted discussion on wall postings)
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- RO>Most Korean or other schools I've seen did not have *rligious* based
- RO>injunctions on their walls, but rather something like the Boy Scout
- RO>Pledge. Our school also has these, thus offereing the "Rules of the
- RO>Temple" and "Rules of the School" as different elements.
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- No matter the origin, a code of ethics is a philosophical statement and
- not inherently religious.
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- RO>Philosophy of "spiritual aspects" of things is, to my mind,
- RO>inseperable from some religion. I can't think of any martial arts
- RO>with spirtual aspects which is not cloely tied with some established
- RO>religion. Thus any philosophies derived from these arts are just
- RO>religious ideas taken out of context...
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- There are many "religious" ideas that are not particularly appealing.
- The injunction, "God's on our side", has been used throughout the ages
- to send men into battle -- by both sides!
-
- (deleted discussion on religious origins of various MAs)
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- RO>Non-religious moral philosophy is a relatively new development;
- RO>martial arts are old. I don't think your analysis is correct.
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- It depends upon your definition of religion: one can call any
- obsession a religion. In that context, one could say that some Martial
- Arts are a religion.
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- If one's behavior is honest and forthright, it makes no difference to
- society if the motivation was religious, philosophical or came out of
- Cracker Jack box.
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- Peace in our time,
-
- Tom
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- X SLMR 2.1a X "Religion is the opiate of the people..." Karl Marx
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