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- From: HF.GTD@forsythe.stanford.edu (Gabrielle Daniels)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.african.american
- Subject: RE: African American Buddhists interested in correspondence
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 22:06:24 -0800
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- In article <29DEC92.00014756@edison.usask.ca>,
- f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca writes:
- >In a previous article, srose@mizar.usc.edu (Steve Rose) wrote:
- >>Hello. I am writing this note on behalf of my wife, Elaine. She is
- >>a Buddhist interested in Zen and other aspects of contemplative Buddhism.
- >>She is looking for other Africans with an open-minded approach to Buddhism
- >>to correspond with.
- >>Thanks,
- >>
- >>Habib Rose
- >
- >Hi,
- >i think you are tuned to a wrong channel. there is only one religion found
- >by Africans for Africans - African Traditional Religion. The rest are invaders
- >and i think they are responsible for most of our problems today (this is my own
- >personal opinion; you can hold your own and let it be yours). i think this news-
- >group has more important things to discuss in 1993 than religions. i suggest
- >she tries s.c.india, s.c.china, s.c.mongolia, or s.c.anything not Africa. and
- >i wish her goodluck.
- >oguocha
- .
- .
- Sorry, Oguocha, but Africans can be animists, Buddhists (especially
- in my case, Nichiren Buddhism) and Christians and I think your
- comments were rather unkind. Give the woman and her man a break.
- I support Habib Rose's right to help his wife get connected.
- .
- Like I said, y'all, I'm officially on vacation until 1/4/93...
-