XCRUSHx@aol.com writes: << So then taking this into account, intelectualism can be justified because once we have bitten from the apple the only thing to do is to eat as many apples as we can. >> This is the difference between Buddhism and our society with judeo-christian based ideals. One cannot participate in both. You can either "eat the apples" and build on that or join teddy's spiritual world and abstain completely.