[net.religion] Good program on religion

gwhawkins@watrose.UUCP (gwhawkins) (03/18/85)

There is a british program call The Long Search involving a journalist
who travels to different parts of the world examining the local religions.
It is being broadcast in Toronto (Attn. Laura) on saturday or sunday
afternoons on TVO (19) at 3:30 (I think).
The series has at least 10 parts covering a very wide range of religions
including some African tribal religions, Japan (Zen), China (Taoism, Conf-
ucianism), Chatholicism, Islam, Judaism, etc.
If any of you get a chance to see this program, I highly recommend it.
		Larry Fast (University of Waterloo)
		broadcasting from exile 

jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) (03/19/85)

> There is a british program call The Long Search involving a journalist
> who travels to different parts of the world examining the local religions.
> It is being broadcast in Toronto (Attn. Laura) on saturday or sunday
> afternoons on TVO (19) at 3:30 (I think).
> The series has at least 10 parts covering a very wide range of religions
> including some African tribal religions, Japan (Zen), China (Taoism, Conf-
> ucianism), =, Islam, Judaism, etc.

Sounds like a good program.   It would be nice if net.religion would
follow  the example of this program.  If instead of arguing endlessly
why religion X is wrong (or right),  people on the net would summarize
their opinion on the religion issues.  I don't think it is possible
to debate the "rightness" or "wrongness" of a religion or religions,
as different people, when they discuss religion, employ different logic 
standards. I propose an alternative.   Let each netter summarize his views on
this matter in a short article  (long articles tend to be complicated).
I don't think we can convince each other, but we might have a better
chance of understanding each other.
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Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois, (312)-979-7321, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho