(November 14, 2015 at 3:26 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(November 14, 2015 at 6:46 am)miaharun Wrote: I think it is because religion supports violence.
Oh, you mean things like "the girl deserved to be raped"? Agreed. This thread is turning into a "my bullshit is better than their bullshit" joke. Need I remind you that there are buddhist war criminals, and buddhist suicide bombers in addition to the normal rank and file criminals, thugs, and theives? Pol Pot was a buddhist, ffs. Peaceful atheists my ass.
Look, if buddhism is what's keeping you from skull-fucking babies and pushing old women into the street, then fine. I hope you never lose your faith. I say the same thing to the christians when they mount this very same argument.
"The doctrines of most religions that tend to be used to overtly justify violence - evangelism, jihadist or crusade-like language, Gods overtly calling for murder, physical punishment, slaughter, and even genocide, etc. - are all absent from Buddhist doctrine"
I'm not familiar with Pol Pots story however if he was a practicing Buddhist he is violating the very first precept (killing is wrong).
Good sir , with regards to the rape matter, no one will say that the girl deserved what they got. No one will be happy about it. To explain why it happened to that girl instead of the girl next door I used Karma. You would call it "chance" "coincidence" , I call it Karma. Is that violence ?
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path" - Gautama Buddha
