Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass.

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Buddhism holds to no dogma. At it's sustaining core there are two demonstrable truths, a counteragent regarding the first two and a final method to free oneself from them...the rest is philosophy and/or window dressing.
Take it as you wish....Buddhism doesn't care.

Bullshit......It is as much a religion and a "dogma" as any other. They have social structures, holy heros, holy writings and holy places and holy monks like any other religion. The are not perfectly unifying as an umbrella label either. A Tibet Buddhist isn't going to agree with a Chinese Buddhist or a Japanese Buddhist. The history of Buddhism has had it's own violence between sects and outsiders, and it also suffers from sexism and bigotry too.

No "philosophy" is a cop out bullshit word to avoid the word "religion" it is a religion. Some people viewing it as philosophy does not negate the fact that ultimately it is still a religion. There are different competing sub sects so you cannot call the entire label a "philosophy". That is just a watered down excuse to avoid the fact Buddhism suffers the same flaws of human interpretation all others suffer from with their competing sub sects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecutio...in_Myanmar

Sexism exists in Buddhism too.

https://vimeo.com/131814486 

Now, don't pull the bullshit all religions pull "not all"... no shit, most don't, but religion itself is not a cure otherwise there would be no violence at all under any religion, but as shown, there is. That is because RELIGION itself is not a magic pill, no label has magic powers to prevent violence by it's members. Our species ability to be cruel or compassionate is not in religion, or the bullshit word "philosophy". Our species ability to be cruel or compassionate is n our evolution. 

Every nation friend and foe alike have hospitals and prisons. Buddhism one of many religions but has no special powers anymore than any other religion has special powers.

Of course it has many flaws....all man-made institutions do. The point here is that the basic premise taught by the Buddha (the four noble truths) holds to no dogma. The rest, as noted prior, is irrationally clung to extraneousness.

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Is it not buddhist dogma that;

there are two demonstrable truths, a counteragent regarding the first two and a final method to free oneself from them...

Disappointingly, you seem to think that your dogma is not dogma because it's not the same as their dogma.

Far from being disappointing as the only "dogma" committing me to (or from) Buddhism....is me.