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Buddhism demands surrendering the mind for "spiritual enlightenment." It has a guy supposedly born from a slit in his mother's side and there is a place of eternal bliss peace and understanding in the end called Nirvana.
It too lacks purity. Therefore it is not something that should be considered a moral paragon even though that's exactly what it holds itself up to be, ergo it's just as stupid as every other religion.
Yes. It's a religion, people. Get over it.
I agree the Buddhist religion lacks total purity and some corruption exists in it as with any human, social endeavor. Yet it demands surrendering the EGO, not the mind, for spiritual enlightenment (big difference). The manner of birth of Siddhatha may be legendary as well as some aspects of his lifetime as oral traditions carried it on, but the psychological teachings themselves are very sound and methodical. Also Nirvana is not a 'place' of bliss but a state of mind.
Quote: Buddhists have been known to be genocidal to other groups [namely the hindus] and overall are no better than the rest.
In comparison to the Abrahamic religions, there is MUCH less violence and war in it's history because they do not proselytize. It is really not fair to lump Buddhism with the overwhelming ghastliness of say Christianity just by the sheer differential in number of deaths commited in it's name.
Search for 'Christian genocides' and you will be confronted with countless historical accounts of them. Do the same for Buddhism and you will be hard pressed to find much that can clearly and distinctly be specifically attributed to this faith throughout history. Most 'Buddhist warfare' was not an imposition of their belief system over others such as Hindus, but rather geo-political disputes over land, resources and such which simply occurred in India for example. Buddhists did not go out of their way to search for 'heathens' or foriegners to convert by force of fear, which is so prevalent in Christian history. Buddhists have been much more the victims of genocide due to Communist/ Socialist dictactors and political reasons rather than perpetrators. Prime example-Pol Pot in Cambodia during the 70's.
(March 17, 2012 at 10:23 am)Rhythm Wrote: It's too heavy a burden for you then? I kind of figured it would be, since it's been too heavy a burden for anyone else in the history of man. Ergo, fortune-telling is garbage. You know what I think just happened? I think you smugly went off to google all the evidence that you were sure was there and drew a big fat blank.
(it's a shame though, because it would have been nice to think that I was in the company of the person who could finally demonstrate mans long-claimed ability to foretell the future.)
Carnavon, you just got schooled, son. You got schooled HARD.
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LOL, well I totally agree with that observation!
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
