Hi Doug
You get a whole blog entry as a reply because I didn't see your comments for so long as I didn't bother to check for replies in those old blogs after awhile. I better close them out if I have not done so yet. I'll check soon.
As for one of your questions - no Nichiren Shu and Nichiren Shoshu are not the same. To see where we differ and why go to:
http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/index.html
and check out the articles on the Fuji Lineage.
As for gosho wherein Nichiren says not to chant for worldly benefits, I do not believe there is such a gosho. Nichiren never says not to do that, but he does state that if such is all you want, you might as well remain a brahmin. I gave a Dharma talk about this wherein I cite passages from the WND with page numbers. You might want to check that out.
http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/Does-it-work.html
For my views on Buddhism and the so-called "Just War" theory see my May 17, 2004 blog.
http://www.fraughtwithperil.com/blogs/ryuei/archives/2004_05.html
I will see that I believe that being a conscientious objector is something that Buddhists should give serious thought to. While I do believe that theoretically there can be such a thing as a "just war" I still see it as the lesser of two evils, and I more or less align myself with Quakers and Catholic Workers in their stance against war.
Namu Myoho Renge Kyo,
Ryuei