Hello Michael!
In addition to my earlier post, Jainism is also a search for the truth.
It originated before the days of "commercialism" and "large corporations"
that fund narrow research to support their commercial objectives.
Need I say more?
Mahesh aka ElectronicBoy
>Jainism has its origins about 6000 BCE as current research shows. Its basis
>is philosophical and scientific and had nothing to do with scarcity of
>grain.
> How does some thing this old, have a scientific basis?
> Mike
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