{"id":1709,"date":"2009-03-30T22:27:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2009-03-30T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T14:27:25","slug":"an-ancient-universal-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/03\/an-ancient-universal-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ancient Universal Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A friend sent me the above with this question:<\/strong>
\nBwahaha… i wonder what’s the teacher’s religion? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I replied:<\/strong>
\nOh, haven’t u heard?
\nIt’s an ancient ‘universal’ religion called ‘egoism’,
\nwhich most of us subscribe to, albeit to different extents!<\/p>\n

(Buddhism teaches the truth of the ego being an illusion.
\nAny religion that involves egoism is liable to be problematic.)<\/p>\n

By the way, it’s uncertain if the letter is real, according to:
\nhttp:\/\/www.snopes.com\/humor\/letters\/hilliker.asp<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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