Hi Guys,
Sorry to see what seems to be bad feeling rearing it's head.
I've not yet joined the AWGB - in honesty, inertia and life getting in the way that I haven't looked into it properly - Will put it on the New Year's List!
Skeetoids, I read your post with interest and am not clear quite where your anger / distaste come from. Whilst reading, I noticed your link in the footer and clicked on it. I gotta say, fellah, I was pretty impressed by your work, but was surprised you had a link to the Forms of Karma site - I clicked on your link and one of the first things that jumped out at me was:
"In this world nothing happens to a person that he does not for some reason or other deserve. Usually, men of ordinary intellect cannot comprehend the actual reason or reasons. The definite invisible cause or causes of the visible effect is not necessarily confined to the present life, they may be traced to a proximate or remote past birth.
According to Buddhism, this inequality is due not only to heredity, environment, "nature and nurture", but also to Karma. In other words, it is the result of our own past actions and our own present doings. We ourselves are responsible for our own happiness and misery. We create our own Heaven. We create our own ****. We are the architects of our own fate. " etc, etc.
Just an observation.
Cheers and a very Merry Christmas to all,
Greg