on prohibitions pointing to hidden dieties

<obli> hey otter
<Otter> yes?
<obli> heres a good example of a deep well of crazy
<obli> http://vigilantcitizen.com/vcboards/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=20669
<obli> mad crazyness
<obli> its not the whole shooting thing thats interesting
<obli> its that they recognise some kind of spiritual threat in "somewhere over the rainbow"
<Otter> LOL
<obli> i don't even think its that i want to meditate on the ramblings of these nutters
<Otter> i wonder what people who know the true meaning of the song think it means
<obli> its just the crazyer they get about something innocuous the more they show it has some spiritual power
<Otter> i do share the poster's outrage about the way the "news" media milks things like this for ratings
<Otter> it's disgusting
<obli> powerful enough to be a threat to their god
<obli> yeah
<Otter> judy garland is the antichrist?
<Otter> hmmmm, that would explain some things....
<obli> everyones the antichrist except the christ according to them
<obli> but buddha did the same thing
<obli> he made a big list of games and passtimes not to be engaged in
<obli> clearly theres something there
<Otter> i'm not sure i've ever seen the recreational buddhist "thou shalt not" list
<obli> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Buddha_games

<Otter> hmmm, did he say why he wouldn't play those games?
<obli> clearly the exercised some influence against buddhist spiritual precipts
<obli> they

<Otter> and is it at all surpsing that he didn't want to play with toy bows?
<obli> its suprising that he felt the need to put it in a list
<Otter> i think whatever his point was, it's lost lost out of context
<obli> seems clear to me

<obli> theres something about engaging in these games that interfares with buddhism
<obli> some kinds of truth that are harmful to the ability to practice buddhism
<Otter> i suppose you could argue that these, and many other pass times,  engage the mind in the world of illusion

<Otter> toy windmills are truths?
<obli> i imagine these truths interfare with whatever truths buddhism claims to hold
<obli> they may well contain truths
<Otter> ah, so you think this is the buddhist equivalent of black magic for christians?
<obli> a buddhist equivalent
<obli> i'm sure they have many others :P
<obli> its like the meaning of eating meat vs not eating meat... both contain spiritual truths... but you can't have both sets in one human

<obli> its like the meaning of eating meat vs not eating meat... both contain spiritual truths... but you can't have both sets in one human
<Otter> i'm falling asleep
<obli> though that comes down to intention as well... i'm sure playing with a toy windmill doesn't automaticly break your buddhism... though it may reveal to you things that lead to your inability to continue buddhisming