United Nations Peace Day Address: Faith in Peace

September 23rd, 2007  ·  No Comments

“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” – Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a British Philosopher and proponent of peace. He spoke many times and was a prolific writer on the subject of social reform and anti nuclear proliferation. He was an outspoken opponent of the US Government.

Just a few Facts as we begin:

3,777 US war dead as of Sept 2007, 119 Great Britain war dead as of Sept 2007, 118 other countries war dead as of Sept 2007, with over 27,848 injuries sustained by Sept 2007.

Reported and published by the Brookings Institute on October 12,

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Buddhism as a Religion/Philosophy

September 23rd, 2007  ·  4 Comments

Is Buddhism a religion? What is meant by religion? The word, as it is well known is not really found in other languages not related to our own, and the actual derivation is uncertain. Cicero wrote In 65 BC that religion was a combination of terms.

Marcus Tullius Cicero January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and philosopher. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome’s greatest orators and prose stylists.

Cicero is generally seen as one of the most versatile minds of Roman culture and his writing the paragon of Classical …