RE: Morons: Terrible bane or lifeblood of the forum?
November 17, 2022 at 4:31 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2022 at 4:32 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(November 17, 2022 at 12:44 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(November 17, 2022 at 12:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It absolutely IS Buddhism. Just as one can be a philosophical (as opposed to a religious) Christian, it’s perfectly possible to be a secular Buddhist.
Boru
Many western people think it's possible, but it's not. Buddhism requires its adherents to believe in a number of supernatural things, such as karma, "nirvana", various otherworldly realms, etc. You can't be a "secular Buddhist". That would be like, if I still called myself a Catholic despite not caring about God. Like, no?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_Buddhism
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Boru
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