Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix!romeo.cs.duke.edu From: crm@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Charlie Martin) Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern Subject: Re: Religion, but no worship of God Message-ID: <14563@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 15 Mar 90 14:45:16 GMT References: <14506@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <14525@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: mukund@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Lines: 10 Approved: mukund@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Buddhism in general does not require worship of gods, although I will admit that in many sects of Buddhism its just a little hard to tell the difference between a god and a bodhisattva. The most mystical group, the Nine Unknown Men, ceremonially donned football helmets and faced the East, chanting: "There is only one god, he is the sun god, ra! ra! ra!" Charlie Martin (crm@cs.duke.edu,mcnc!duke!crm)