RE: Christian Priest to Atheist to Buddhist
May 8, 2014 at 1:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2014 at 1:38 pm by Confused Ape.)
(May 8, 2014 at 9:17 am)Hoopington Wrote: 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,
Just as well I had the time, then.
Burma Accused of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Quote: It should be noted, however, that many Buddhists put their lives on the line to protect Muslim neighbors and hide them from the rampaging mobs.
(May 8, 2014 at 9:17 am)Hoopington Wrote: Doesn't matter what the religion teaches, people will always find a way to fight and kill for it.
Or many people, but not all, can find a way to fight and kill for something in spite of what they believe or don't believe.
Trying to figure out the motives for human behaviour is far from easy. I did google searches for the religious beliefs or lack of them where the US military is concerned. I'm not going to provide links for the various sources because anyone can find them by putting "xxxx in the US Military" in google.
Besides Christians of various denominations there are - Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Wiccans and other Pagans, Buddhists, Hindus, Humanists, Atheists, Agnostics and Freethinkers.
US military personnel don't go off to fight in the name of any religion or atheism. They do it for other reasons.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?