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(somewhat) major refugee crCIA in myanmar after acts of buddhist terrorism
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Drydess on September 03, 2017, 01:35:43 PM ---you could say that CIA aren't followers of islam because they're radical but they're just interpreting it in a terrible manner
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no they're pretty spot on actually
Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: Drydess on September 03, 2017, 01:35:43 PM --- one of the core beliefs of buddhism is that they're tolerant
you could say that CIA aren't followers of islam because they're radical but they're just interpreting it in a terrible manner
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I'd honestly like to see their interpretation of buddhism because I have never seen any of the Buddhist teaching calling for anything that would lead to terrorism, this is genuinely confusing
Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Drydess on September 03, 2017, 01:35:43 PM ---one of the core beliefs of buddhism is that they're tolerant
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and they believe either a. through some form of mental gymnastics that their political acts further that teaching
or b. that the teaching does not apply in this instance
or c. that they will still be rewarded in rebirth or whatever despite their actions
that's the thing, you don't have to follow the teachings to be a believer of the religion. Even if we didn't assume that they genuinely believed they were doing the right thing, saying that evil people inherently cannot believe in a god or supernatural entity is just silly
PhantOS:
buddhist teachings say that hurting yourself and Self Delete is an unhealthy practice and shouldn't be done. still there were buddhists that self-immolate to prove a point. i guess they aren't real buddhists :|
also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dhei whoops guess they weren't buddhists either
Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Ipquarx on September 03, 2017, 01:41:16 PM ---and they believe either a. through some form of mental gymnastics that their political acts further that teaching
or b. that the teaching does not apply in this instance
or c. that they will still be rewarded in rebirth or whatever despite their actions
that's the thing, you don't have to follow the teachings to be a believer of the religion. Even if we didn't assume that they genuinely believed they were doing the right thing, saying that evil people inherently cannot believe in a god or supernatural entity is just silly
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Just to expand on this as an example, these Buddhists that are committing the acts of killing could potentially believe that their acts are necessary to prevent many more future killings. In their mind, they're trading one life for many, which they believe to be the better act than doing nothing at all. It could be interpreting the "Right action" virtue as preventing deaths, rather than not committing killings.