[Angelus Errare]

Well keep in mind that a lot of Hollywood types like to claim that Buddhism is a "non-theistic" religion for the purposes of bashing Christianity, which is sure as hell news to the Mahayana and Theravada (basically the Catholic and Protestant wings of Buddhism) sects over in Asia, who are presumably in a better position to comment. A lot of the Eastern religious stuff that's been imported to the US over the last 40 years under the auspices of the New Age movement has been so twisted and distorted that its beliefs and teachings are far closer to the ancient pagan mystery cults of Greece and Rome than they are to any serious kind of Eastern religion. Of course, don't count on the Hollywood crowd to tell you that, cause if they were really serious about their faith they would be obliged to adopt a number of lifestyle and viewpoint changes (for example, try and guess how much bad karma the US is racking up according to many Buddhists due to abortion) that would make them rather socially conservative.

I think the answer then becomes clear why they don't.

[lentulusgracchus]

....(for example, try and guess how much bad karma the US is racking up according to many Buddhists due to abortion)....

Look at that! This is rare -- a complete surprise!

Nobody has ever so much as whispered that thought to me -- nobody. And I play poker with a Buddhist once a month or so.....but he's pretty low-key about his beliefs.

Very interesting, and something to think about. Thanks for mentioning it. It had never occurred to me even to wonder about that.