Hare Krishna

[Kayenneh]

People can't play nicely because they don't have genuinely spiritual conceptions. Their spiritual conceptions are tainted by worldly ideas and aspirations. So they end up using religion as an excuse to fight over material objects. There may be genuine spiritual ideals in their traditions, but without living saints, people end up acting out their material motivations in the name of religion.

I'm not surprised that they do. After all, materia is all we can be certain of and we need materialistic stuff in order to survive. Ideals on the other hand are fleeting and doesn't necessarily make for a better life. I would just appreciate if people could be upfront about it, instead of hiding behind their imaginary friend.

One of the reasons I've chosen the path I have is because of the uncompromising purity of it's ideal.

Here I would like you to elaborate, what do you mean by pure?

It could be the Greeks "borrowed" Zeus from the Vedas. It could be both cultures interacted with him. I'll let you decide ...

In the sense that the gods are real for their followers, I can agree with you. But a hallucination is only that, real for the one experiencing it, but doesn't exist outside of the person. So yeah, I say borrowed