(somewhat) major refugee crCIA in myanmar after acts of buddhist terrorism

[Red Spy]

you could say that CIA aren't followers of islam because they're radical but they're just interpreting it in a terrible manner

no they're pretty spot on actually

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[Deus Ex]

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

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]

one of the core beliefs of buddhism is that they're tolerant

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]

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

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.

[beachbum111111]

Are these Theravada?

[McZealot]

surprised anyone didn't know about the radical buddhists in burma? hasn't this been a major problem for like a decade? we always used it as the exception "there are even radical Buddhists!"

fun fact; I've gotten death threats from Buddhists on reddit before. I found it kinda hilarious

[shitlord]

"buddhist terrorism"

[Ceist]

It's just sectarian clashes. Regardless of what religion you are, both Buddhists and Muslims are fleeing en masse to their respective neighbors to escape violence perpetuated on them by both sides.

Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh due to military crack down, and Buddhist's fleeing east due to terror attacks committed by Rohingya militants. This is only going to get worse in the coming months.

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). History has taught us that many religions have changed and evolved around what we deem acceptable.

[Nonnel]

yikes

[Red Spy]

fun fact; I've gotten death threats from Buddhists on reddit before. I found it kinda hilarious

"we're gonna loving meditate at you you piece of stuff"

[McZealot]

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).

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]

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.

you're literally contradicting yourself. you say that the rules haven't changed because they were written down, yet they have because of interpretation.

???

There's a reason there's hundreds of sects of major religions, because it's subjective and the rules change quite frequently.

[Khaz]

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.

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