Posted on 11/28/2010 4:43:55 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I don’t get why Americans would feel the same negative feelings against Buddhism that we do against islam. While we do have religious differences of opinions with both, the former doesn’t tend to crash planes into buildings or commit other acts of violence against us.
Buddhism teaches that you can achieve “enlightenment” through your efforts. In essence, you become your own god.
Which is why as a Christian I will never agree with their religion. But can I live with them as neighbors without having to worry about them blowing my house up for not agreeing with their faith, absolutely.
Buddhist violence is exemplified by the samurai, many of whom were extraordinarily honorable.
Islamic violence is exemplified by the mass murdering anti-Semitic misogynistic pedophile Muhammad and all his dark disciples.
Many Buddhist monks won’t even kill a fly.
The Islamic students will kill a woman or child without blinking.
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I dont get why Americans would feel the same negative feelings against Buddhism that we do against islam. While we do have religious differences of opinions with both, the former doesnt tend to crash planes into buildings or commit other acts of violence against us.
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Have you ever spent much time with elite leftist “Buddhist” converts? Enough self-rightousness to make one consider jhiad.
Just where in the New Testament is there any injunction to engage in war? Christianity teaches that vengeance belongs to God, not to us.
In many cases, the converts understand little of the religion they are converting to; conversion is a political statement, not a religious one. This is true of American blacks who convert to Islam, as well. They think they are embracing a pacifist religion of their African ancestors. But, while Islam might be big in Africa, that is in Northern Africa, where the people are not black, but are Caucasian. Furthermore, Islam is not pacifistic.
That isn't meant literally. If it was where are the murders and wars in the name of Buddhism? lol
“That isn’t meant literally. If it was where are the murders and wars in the name of Buddhism? lol “
They are just picking and choosing to make whatever point they want to. “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him”.
What kind of Buddhism teaches that? The kind I am familiar with, Tibetan Buddhism, would more likely say that non-effort created the conditions for realizing absolute truth. But even that isn't entirely accurate.
The Islamic students will kill a woman or child without blinking.
Heh.
The correlation between environmentalist whackos and American Buddhism may be a cause; the nannies who want to condemn us to eating bean curd in the dark pull often from Buddhism and holistic concepts between that and paganism.
I guess so.
If you meet a liberal Buddhist ask him or her how it is possible to practice the Dharma and view oneself as a victim simultaneously. If they know much at all about Dharma and are the least bit intellectually honest you should get an interesting reaction.
Christianity also talks of “leaving” ( and this can be considered “killing” renouncing ) your mother and father...
It is metaphorical to leave attachments and follow Jesus or in the case of the other, the enlightened way.
Nope. there is no God in buddhism...and the ‘own efforts” is more a path of right direction, moral behaviors...like in Christianity to live a moral life, to receive the peace of Jesus and a Christian uplifting, compassionate life by behaving compassionately to others and not harming oneself or others.
maybe that’s because the only “Buddhists” most Americans see are aging loony leftists with stupid bumper sticks on their volvo station wagons or goofy 20-somethings experimenting with a “vegan” lifestyle.
It is very difficult for Westerners to ‘understand” Buddhism because they understand through their own Christianity...it is always a comparison through a Judeo-Christian Lens.
I believe Americans are more familiar with Judaism and All forms of Christianity...that is why they do not feel as “warm” to Buddhism.
Help me out here Chieftain!!!! I have no business responding to the critics of Buddhism..ha.
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