Outer Streams, United Religions Initiative, Part 2 of 6

Part 2 of 6. Coverage of the United Religions Initiative continues with an interview with Sulak Sivaraska and Rev. Marcus Braybrooke. Sulak Sivaraksa, one of Asia's foremost Buddhist social thinkers and activists, and Reverend Marcus Braybrooke, an Episcopalian clergyman, author, activist from Oxford, England, discuss differences between Western and Eastern consciousness, the controversy of prayer in school, the influences various religions have on each other, and the concept of God as a metaphor. Host is Pittsburgh Theosophical Society President Andy Nesky.

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[kingofaikido]

I never could figure out how consumer capitalism is demonic. The line between 'need' and 'greed' is fuzzy I think. What is one person's need is another person's greed; one person's greed is another person's need. When Silak says, the media promotes greed and violence, what does this mean? Products we need, products need advertising to find their markets in the world. If someone or some company gets rich as a result of what people need/want then what is 'demonic' about it? It might be heavenly.