Not wanting to be off-topic elsewhere

[tiltbillings]

[James the Giant]

Go Picard! Hard Arse! He's awesome.
I love how religion in the 24th century has become a hobby, and not a driving force for fanaticism and violence.
Even amongst the Bajorans, perhaps the most spiritual of the alien races, religion seemed to take a second place behind the fight for independence.

[Ben]

I've always loved the expression "taking Capt Picard to warp nine".
What we need is Picard as the next Pope.

[David N. Snyder]

Nature produced a few smart and handsome men. The rest have hair.

[Modus.Ponens]

Nature produced a few smart and handsome men. The rest have hair.

I'm getting pretier day by day!

[Ben]

Nature produced a few smart and handsome men. The rest have hair.

You are funny, David!

[Jay1]

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[Modus.Ponens]

The buddhist inquisition is well known.

[LonesomeYogurt]

Ya know, Buddhism with it's devas, heavens, hells, ghosts and rebirths would fall into the same category Christianity does. I'm just sayin'.

The difference is that disbelief in those things is punishable by a stern look from a senior monk instead of eternal damnation.

[Jay1]

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[Khalil Bodhi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4HsqiyjcXw

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I'm not trying to spread hate, just to point out errors

Not sure what your point is, this site is dedicated to the discussion of the Thervada. Your last few posts are concerned with Zen and its appropriation by the Japanese government during WWII. Please help me to understand why you keep posting this stuff.

[Jay1]

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[David N. Snyder]

The difference is that disbelief in those things is punishable by a stern look from a senior monk instead of eternal damnation.

Even if that was true (it's not), my main point stands. Buddhism believes in a lot of superstitious things like . . .

How is what LY wrote not true?

Those superstitious things like resurrection of the body (flesh), transubstantiation, virgin birth, heaven, hell are essential in Christianity, but those things are not essential in Buddhism. The focus is on suffering and the way out of suffering, The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The other things (devas, hell realms, etc) will get you a stern look from a monk if you say you don't believe in the them at the most. Some monks won't even give you a stern look.

[David N. Snyder]

The response was that no I am wrong because Buddhism could not ignite violence and no-one could murder in the name of Buddhism but they could in the name of the Christian god. Hence my posts on Japane's Buddhism and its relationship to ww2.

There are good Christians and there are bad Christians.
There are good Buddhists and there are bad Buddhists.

Who would Jesus bomb?
Who would Buddha bomb?

The actions of a few bad ones don't extend to the founder.

[Jay1]

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[SDC]

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[Khalil Bodhi]

Okay, point taken: some Buddhists are bad. Anything else?