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(somewhat) major refugee crCIA in myanmar after acts of buddhist terrorism
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: McZealot on September 03, 2017, 02:14:51 PM ---fun fact; I've gotten death threats from Buddhists on reddit before. I found it kinda hilarious
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"we're gonna loving meditate at you you piece of stuff"
McZealot:
--- Quote from: Ceist on September 03, 2017, 02:15:34 PM ---Also why are you guys arguing about whether or not someone is following true to their religion? Religion is a purely subjective concept, and to judge people based on whether they follow the rules of their faith is handicapped (judge people by their actions committed).
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no not really lol. the rules of most religions are literally written down in text. you have some ambiguity with interpretation but it's very hard to imagine interpreting Buddhism as a radical violent religion.
yea religions have evolved. Christians don't still oppress women (usually) and most Muslims won't literally decapitate you for minor crimes (although they still hate women generally). but the tenants (of Christians being kind and devoting their lives to god and Muslims being Charitable and doing the same ect) haven't really changed since their founding. just how they are implemented.
Ceist:
--- Quote from: McZealot on September 03, 2017, 02:28:20 PM ---no not really lol. the rules of most religions are literally written down in text. you have some ambiguity with interpretation but it's very hard to imagine interpreting Buddhism as a radical violent religion.
yea religions have evolved. Christians don't still oppress women (usually) and most Muslims won't literally decapitate you for minor crimes (although they still hate women generally). but the tenants (of Christians being kind and devoting their lives to god and Muslims being Charitable and doing the same ect) haven't really changed since their founding. just how they are implemented.
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you're literally contradicting yourself. you say that the rules haven't changed because they were written down, yet they have because of interpretation.
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There's a reason there's hundreds of sects of major religions, because it's subjective and the rules change quite frequently.
Khaz:
--- Quote from: Ipquarx on September 03, 2017, 02:11:11 PM ---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.
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The first of the 5 precepts of buddhism is literally "do not kill"
PhantOS:
khaz the 6th commandment is 'thou shalt not kill.' i guess soldiers who practice christianity aren't really christian