Hi, Roath,Roath wrote: Dear Kim,
I think : blaming things/people worth blaming (unreasonable practices in the past/primitive period like burning girls/sheep to offer to God, asking God for things to happen or to send you things, all these kinds of similar stuff ect.) is alright and admiring people worth admiring (like praising the Buddhas) is also alright. I mean I wouldn’t bother to do such and advice my loved ones to do such since life is too short to walk on a wrong path, when it comes to endless cycle of birth and death? Maybe I’m too self-opinionated sometimes!
As a matter of principle, I don't think it's fair to blame anyone - here and now, or eons ago - for doing the best they could according to their understanding. You don't blame the toddler for thinking the cat would like to swim with the goldfish in the aquarium; you don't blame the caveman for thinking thunder is the voice of a deity, or even for offering the deity the most beautiful girl in the tribe.
That doesn't mean that I approve of such actions, of course. I think I know better than the toddler or the caveman - though maybe I’m too self-opinionated sometimes, too.
Kim