RE: Does the world need religion, even if it doesn't need God?
January 25, 2012 at 1:35 am
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2012 at 1:36 am by Cosmic Ape.)
(January 25, 2012 at 1:18 am)Blam! Wrote: The concept of "god" is a crucial belief of all of religion. However, Buddhism doesn't have god, but it has spiritual leader. Buddhists usually don't use "god" as a term to describe their spiritual leader.
I don't know much about Buddhism, so please correct me if I made an error. Anyway, the world is better off without religion. Besides, we're doing fine without religion, aren't we?
I tend to think that Buddists have generally benign beliefs even if they genuinely believe in karma. But for some of them, they consider the Dalai Lama to be godlike, kind of like how Christians treat the Pope or even their God. It even goes as far as the Dalai Lama supporters saying that a natural disaster happens because not enough people prayed or obeyed to the Dalai Lama. Same with Christians when they say we didnt pray enough to stop Jesus/God from sending a Hurricane to kill thousands of us.
