When are you guys gonna pick on the Buddhists? The Buddhists have been sitting in a corner by themselves for far too long! Kidding, but seriously why *just* the Christians?
2006-12-27 09:22:08 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I meant religions, not religious.
2006-12-27 09:23:50 · update #1
Who the hell said anything about America?
2006-12-27 10:04:20 · update #2
Hello =)
If you are going to have a duel, would you pick a person with a gun, or a person who ethically refuses to touch a gun??
That's kinda what it's like...
Christians do a lot of "challenging" themselves, I think....the Atheists just return the favour.
Statements that boil down to "everyone except those who believe exactly as I do are going to hell"...well, they just drip with challenge.....even to Buddhists like me.....
I frequently argue on both sides of the "war", here....
I argue against judgementalism on either side.
I argue for the right of people to believe as they wish.
I argue against closed-minded attitudes.
Mostly, I argue the point that people must be happy with their decision.
I never argue from the position of "pro-Buddhism", because, trully, there is no such thing.
Intellectual discourse is good for everyone. It just seems that many Christians cannot keep from getting emotional about it, and, from a Buddhist perspective, this is very wrong.
Namaste, and Happy Holidays,
--Tom
2006-12-27 09:31:17 · answer #1 · answered by glassnegman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Buddhists do not judge others and condemn them to hell at a drop of a dime. Also Buddhists say that even if you do not believe in Buddhism, all that really matters is being a good person. That makes allot more sense to me than anything that any other religion has to offer. Imagine this, following a belief that puts no pressure on you, understands you and does not judge. That is sweet freedom that no other religion can offer.
2006-12-27 10:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I suspect it is because Buddhists tend to be content to belief what they want and not insist that everybody around them change. They also don't tell other people that they are damned to hell because they are not Buddhist. Same, generally speaking, with most other religions.
I was just reading a book about Gandhi and it said that he supported and respected all religions but he had problems, at first, with Christianity because of all the Christians he saw in India who were yelling and screaming at all the non-Christians about how they were going to all go to hell.
Same thing here, I think.
Happy holidays
2006-12-27 09:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by Alan 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I am an equal-opportunity atheist - having blasted a fair share of Muslim dogma along its Christian counterpart on this forum. There have been very few Jewish postings and I don't know enough about the Wicca folks to wax critical. It's a statistical question. Christians seem to squeak the loudest and most often, with the Muslims a distant second.
On occasion I've also defended religious positions against vicious attackes.
2006-12-27 09:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are the ONLY denomination that continually harasses the non-religious by insisting that we are all stupid, can't see the light, will burn in hell forever, how do we keep from killing everyone, and how wrong we are for not following Christianity.
The only ones.
To a Buddhist, atheists and agnostics are still a part of the same universal energy anyway, so why bother them? Besides, Buddhism is far easier to swallow than the "invisible man" theory.
It really comes down to "you don't bother us, and we won't bother you." But when your faith demands that you "convert" people for personal salvation, Christians are only doing as they are told.
2006-12-27 09:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with Sinyckel on this. Same sex marriage and abortions are good examples of how Christianity affects other people that are either secular or indifferent. How can one impose statutes based on morality [to an extent] when morality stems from religion or within? "You cannot legislate morality". In America, Christianity is the only religion I see trying to do so. Also, you should read the history of the Constitution to better understand where people are coming from.
2006-12-27 09:45:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason is more telling -- a true zen buddhist wouldn't care if people ridiculed buddhism. Buddhism emphasizes treating the theology and rituals as means and not as truth itself. There are christians who do the same thing but, unfortunately, they are dominated by the vocal fundamentalists who present a negative face of christianity by positiing a judgemental, reward/punishment-based deity and then adopt the same dynamics as this deity by judging others.
2006-12-27 09:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We're mostly Americans and the dominant religion in the US is Christianity, so that's the one to challenge.
BTW, people who make up 75% of the country's population and cast the deciding votes in its elections are not in a position to whine about being picked on.
2006-12-27 09:43:26 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For starters, Christians are more popular on the boards.
Secondly, even though I am an athiest, I do have a lot of respect of Buddhists. At least they preach love and tollerence.
2006-12-27 09:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are more Christians and they are much, much more in-your-face. And as I tend only to reply to questions that lay into atheists, like this one, it's usually the case that they come from Christians too. But I've also swiped back at Muslims, and a Wiccan. No Buddhists yet, though. Why can't all religions be like theirs?
2006-12-27 09:25:11 · answer #10 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 10⤊ 1⤋