Bro. Bruce,
I've never been aggressive or confrontational, just speaking my mind, I apologize if you think that is my demeanor.
You said: "I believe, that one can live a peaceful, balanced, conscious life and life will maintain it's balance and when it goes out of balance, you can sidestep or work with the un-balance until it comes back into balance, again." I concur big time, I hope you don't mind me using your words again one day.
I'll be honest with you I love some of the Buddhist sayings and teachings. They make allot of since and some even coincide with scriptures in the bible!
As a Christian I believe that war is wrong and its one of the 10 commandments as you know, Thou shall not kill! I don’t agree with the this whole war thing, but I can't speak for other Christians either. You know I even interpret that scripture as referring to all things. A friend of mine who owns a vegan restaurant near the beach says I don't condone any religion where you must kill! My answer was I believe that the commandant which says thou shall not kill, means nothing should be killed; cows, pigs, cats, etc – anything living which is why I’m vegan. But you see however some Christians probably won’t agree with what I’m saying either about my interpretation of that particular scripture. Myself as a Christian I always promote peace - as a matter of fact one of my favorite hymn is: "There will be peace in the valley for me.”
I see your point and I think it's great!
God Bless You! Yeah, I'll take it like a grain of salt!
