Bill Hobler wrote:
"I would like the subject of this thread widened to seek parallelisms with
Hindu, Buddhism, and Islamic thought."
Bill, you left somebody out. Think for a minute.
[Host's Note: Sorry, I missed that as well. This is one of the kinds of
things I try to catch. We don't mean to leave anyone out. I've changed to
subject line to reflect this. ...Rick]
Richard R. Antcliff wrote:
"The Christian Bible is a document that deals primarily with the
relationship between God and man (generic).
..snip.."
and then quoted Ecclesiastes.
Folks, Ecclesiastes is part of what Christians call the "Old Testament,"
which is the Jewish Torah, the five books of Moses. It is not the
Christian Bible. The "New Testament" is the Christian Bible.
There are only 12 million Jews worldwide, but we have been around for
quite a long time and are alive and kicking, thank you very much. And
we've accumulated quite a bit of wisdom over the last 4000 years, much of
which has informed Christianity, Islam, the development of science and
commerce, and modern thinking about organizations. I'm curious why we got
made invisible here. I'm not suggesting it was deliberate, but I'd be
interested in understanding the mental glitch behind it.
Darn. I would like to carve out enough time to reply to the stuff I'm
interested in, but at present I only end up posting when I've built up a
head of steam and can't resist. Thus you only get to see me when I'm
pissed. (So if this post starts a chain reaction like my reply to Keith on
"lurkers" did, I may not jump back into it and it's not because I don't
want to, it's because I'm being good and getting my important tasks done,
even though they're not as much fun as this.)
I'm sure there are lessons here for organizational participation....
Judith Weiss
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