RE: Christian Priest to Atheist to Buddhist
May 8, 2014 at 9:17 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2014 at 9:18 am by Hoopington.)
(May 8, 2014 at 7:53 am)Confused Ape Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 4:42 am)Hoopington Wrote: By whose standards? Horrors have and continue to be committed in Buddha's name.
Can you give some examples of horrors specifically committed in Buddha's name? Groups of people who identified themselves as Buddhists have committed horrors but were they doing it to impose Buddhism on everyone else or for some other reason?
It's happening now, in Burma, some are calling it an ethnic cleansing of Muslims.... by Buddhist monks.
I don't have the time to look up specific references, but just look into the history between China and Japan, I'd have a read of Zen at War if you're that interested.
Doesn't matter what the religion teaches, people will always find a way to fight and kill for it.