Buddhism

I was posting while walking and didn't notice your name, I had the voice of Peter Sellers in my head and kept hearing him saying "smarty pants". It had nothing to do with your very nice post which I agree with.

I was simply trying to say that the impulse to look down at the religious forms of expression is a cheap shot whether it is Christian, Muslim, Jewish or Buddhist because they can be picked apart in a cynical way quite easily.

In accepting the forms of religious observance we are accepting the discipline of history and the group and in so doing expressing humility about our own individual standing.

I feel awkward prostrating before the Buddha because I know that some of the people around me are praying to hit the next lotto but accept it as an expression of humility and not because I believe that the object before me has any supernatural power.

Again please excuse the smarty pants remark, it wasn't aimed at you in any way, I like the name.