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[Drich]

Drich...Which God do the Zen-Buddhists pray to???

My mother was a Buddhist. Buddhist worship the path of the 'awakened one.' To walk this path and to acheave this 'wakened' state elevates one to an enlightened sense of being, which trancends all of the 'dukkha/pain and suffering' the ignorant suffer from. To acheave this zen elevates these transcended believers to a state of nirvana. From this state some believe one can reach the ultimate state as a budda has and can be 'reborn' and keep coming back in higher states of existence. The end goal for the Buddhist is 'buddahood.' In essence Buddhism is a form of self worship that elevates it's believer too a FORM of godhood. So the Buddist worships the path to enlightment, which deifies the indivisual to a degree.

To be a Buddhist, and to fight in a war would destroy everything they believed in (That is why so many of them set themselves on fire rather than fight in a war.) For those who fought, and caused suffering and pain knew they could never have the hope to obtain a true state of Zen, thus pushing them to seek other religions, or to simply try and start over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://nichirenbuddhist.org/LearnBuddhis...k/ch2.html

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I am assuming you mean indirect fire, as in a mortar attack, or even a ricochet. But it also can mean indigious defensive fighter, or Irael defense force.

Let me point the fact out to you again that the walls and roads are made of concrete. How many forward operating/fire bases you've been on with solid concrete walls, and roads? There is a reason FOB's are not typically constructed out of concrete. IDF's are apart of that reason.

The following is a link to how our FOB's are constructed. Another nail in the coffin of that pic is the road they are standing next to it is also concrete, which is against the standard MO for a FOB. Fob's are to have gravel, earthen or even asphalt roads, Not concrete.

Again Concrete frags when hit when causes a greater damage than the shell it self would. So evidently if they are standing in a place with painted concrete walls with concrete roads the Army is pretty sure they are not in Harm's way. Which is what my problem is with that pic. They are saying they are in Harm's way (Per the actual definition of a Fox Hole) when they are in a safe place.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...tBpc8fN8iQ

So you're jumping to the conclusion that because the soldiers aren't literally under fire as they pose for the picture that they have not served in a forward operating base and have not fought? That doesn't follow. They could be combat troops on a much needed break from their FOB. You don't know the situation.

My brother -- a confirmed atheist in a foxhole -- served one tour in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division and two in Iraq with the 1st Stryker Brigade out of Fort Wainwright. He was awarded his CIB while fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan and still amazingly found time to pose for pictures with buddies during times when his outfit was pulled off the fighting lines and allowed to rest up in safer positions toward the rear.

The tired, old "no atheists in foxholes" slogan that believers pathetically cling to is not true, though I recognize that belief not conforming to reality is not usually a stumbling block for Christians.

I love it when new people just jump in the middle of the conversation and just assume the points they bring up have not be discussed yet... Oh wait no I don't. I actually hate that, that is why I am going to tell you to go back and re read what has already been written if you want an answer to your question.