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Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion

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From: Hendrik Makaliwe
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <3t50vu$9gt@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>, shelter@peg.apc.org
(Madhudvisah dasa Swami) wrote:

> [snip]
>
> This material world is only a
> small part of the creation of God (about 1/4). The other 3/4 is the
> spiritual world... 

Please Swami, enlighten us about these numbers.
What kind of wisdom did you use to arrive at those?
You even managed to put that "about" before "1/4". What's that suppose to
mean. Measurement errors? Quantum fluctuations?


> The defect of our Western culture is although people become frustrated
> with material life, they have no alternative to it. Our society doesn't
> provide a spiritual alternative. So people become frustrated and commit
> suicide -- because there is nothing left. 

For once, there is some truth in your statement.


cheers


Hendrik Makaliwe
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From: makaliwe@ils.nwu.edu (Hendrik Makaliwe)
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion
Date: 1995/07/05
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