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    Introductions, prefaces or autobiographies

    Howdy folks! My name is Jeff Mann and I guess I qualify for this forum. When it comes to martial arts, I write primarily about the intersection...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 15, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    When Buddhists Attack

    Kurtka Jerker, I understand and can appreciate what you are saying. It was not my intent to communicate, "Hey, go to this site and buy my...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 15, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    When Buddhists Attack

    Again, I understand that sites can get filled up with junk pretty quickly. And maybe the way I phrased my initial post was not the greatest. My...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 14, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    When Buddhists Attack

    Fro, I understand the need to keep people from junking up the site with ads, but really? If a member of this site gets a book on martial arts...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 14, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    When Buddhists Attack

    Please forgive the shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share this with everybody here: Sorry, MAP has a no free advertising policy. If you...
    Thread by: JKMann, Mar 14, 2012, 17 replies, in forum: Off Topic Area
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    History of Okinawan Karate

    For those who missed it, here is the first in a series of 5 videos of a lecture at the University of Hawaii on the history of Okinawan karate. It...
    Thread by: JKMann, Mar 8, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: Karate
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    In your opinion, are YOU overranked?

    In either case, I suspect all of us are overly concerned with rank. :)
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: Ninjutsu
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    Interesting views on the diversity of religion.

    A good point! Muslims have certainly not been paragons of tolerance and respect throughout the centuries. At times they have been more tolerant...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Interesting views on the diversity of religion.

    Zaad, I'm fine with you asking me for my sources. (Yes, I have read the entire Koran and an academic book or two on Islam.) But I suspect you...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Interesting views on the diversity of religion.

    Zaad: Neither. It's an account of Islamic beliefs in my own words. AikiMac: I had just wanted to make a point about people's differences...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Interesting views on the diversity of religion.

    AikiMac, Are you asking where I disagree with Muslims? If so, I do not believe that Allah communicated divine truth to Muhammad through the...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Interesting views on the diversity of religion.

    This is an interesting thing about Islam. Judaism groups the world into Jews and Gentiles. Christians have believers and unbelievers. For...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Buddhism and emptiness

    Mike, Thanks for your take on emptiness. It is certainly a very tricky thing to tackle, but what you wrote made good sense to me. I'm curious...
    Post by: JKMann, Mar 2, 2012 in forum: Off Topic Area