Religionmaybe a good way to sort out our silly little problems is if we all become buddhists?

Question

they ve got it right i find it so hard to understand and so fricking annoying that anyone who states they are religious (extreme believers) is usually saying it to excuse killing someone and i m talking about nearly every religion at one time or another if there is a god up there and i reckon theres something there it ll be all the really 'religious' people, the murderers that end up in hell so i hope there is cos normal people who have normal lives and oh yeah dont kill anyone will be having a great time in heaven!!

Answer 1

Not all Bhuddists are peace loving. In Sri Lanka there have been attacks on Christian churches by Bhuddists. Religion isn't the problem. People are the problem. Even with out religion people kill thousands of other people; Stalin and Pol pot to name but two.

Answer 2

Just think about it this way...

Do you remember the rebellion, the aggression, the general show-off you were during your teens?
Chances are you have mellowed right?

What is true for people is also true for religions.

Buddhism predates Christ; and I personally consider Buddhism as a reformation movement of Hinduism that's much much older. These religions have had their excesses (yes, people did kill for Buddhism - See the history at Ang Khor for example) but now, mostly Buddhism has evolved an its teachings more focused on love and understanding. The same applies for Hinduism although there are a few fanatics everywhere.

Christianity on the other hand is around 2000 years old. Islam is around 1300 years old.

Guess what Christians were doing when Christianity was 1200 years old? Well, it was the crusades... Brandishing the sword and killing in the name of their God. Sounds familiar?

Islam is one of the major religions of the world, and it is going through its growing pains. Of course it is not helped by the fact that a large chunk of its adherents are sitting and living on huge reserves of oil that are making the powers that be drool. This confluence of 'religious teenage' and 'greed for resources' is just too bad for us.

If we, as a human race, survive this period, I think most major religions would have gone through their teenage cycle, and we might just have less religious arguments.

Answer 3

Westerners have a very odd , ignorant & unrealistic view of Buddhism. You "cherry pick" (I like that phrase and it is the first time I have used it !)You see it as a panacea because you actually know nothing about it. I'm afraid there are corrupt , greedy & evil people who say they are Buddhists just as there are in Christianity & Islam. What is needed in each religion is constant refreshment of the essentials. If you are truly religious then each day brings an inward revelation of the mercy & humanity of your belief.

Answer 4

there is incredibly no way which you would be able to beat negativity in spite of sort it fairly is attainable in; it fairly is the choice of positivity. it may although be converted by meditation. via meditation i don't advise lalala take a seat and watch the fairies play, even though it fairly is achieveable to pass nevertheless each and every layer of the recommendations and go beyond it. what's incorrect with feeling indignant in the direction of somebody for killing your pal? Why can we experience that it fairly is so undesirable? This anger would be utilized. you have a option to the two go out and seek for revenge, or use that surprising rigidity to supply you the rocket gasoline you will desire to propel you right into a sparkling layer of your understanding. the sole thank you to get rid of negativity - so i'm informed - is to pass beyond the two the postitive and the unfavorable and then i think of you would be enlightened and you will propose me.

Answer 5

Everyone makes mistakes, but it's true: Buddhism is the most peaceful in the world. It really does not depend on religion, but the actual people.