(April 30, 2015 at 10:25 am)Brian37 Wrote: Saying the earth revolves around the sun doesn't take away others rights to say stupid shit that the sun revolves around the earth. When I say Buddhism doesn't get a pass, I am not trying to force it out of existence. I am merely saying it is a human invention like all other religions.Pretty much everything in our lives are human inventions. We tolerate and sometimes promote the useful ones, and criticize and hope to diminish those that are harmful. Superstitious ideologies are generally harmful so to that extent we probably agree, but superstition isn't required to follow the teachings and practices of the Buddha, as far as I can tell. That's why people say it's a philosophy, because the religious aspect doesn't mean anything to them. If you want to argue that Buddhist philosophy and the practices it promotes are harmful, you should try a little harder than simply saying, "Buddhism = religion! Religion = human invention!! Human inventions = stupid!!! Stupid = bad!!!!"
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
