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Devil King
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Originally posted by Shakyamunison
However, isn't that also true for Christianity.

Oh yes. It just isn't as popular with celebrities.

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Oh yes. It just isn't as popular with celebrities.

Well, anyone who goes into a religion because it's popular, is doing it for the wrong reason.

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Yeah. The fun part of Buddhism, is that you can call yourself one and never really have to know anything about it.

How is that possible?

In order to adhere to and practice a religion, you have to know about it.

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Well, anyone who goes into a religion because it's popular, is doing it for the wrong reason.

Agreed.

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Well, anyone who goes into a religion because it's popular, is doing it for the wrong reason.

And thats why Buddhist conversions in the West are 1% serious.

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Yeah. The fun part of Buddhism, is that you can call yourself one and never really have to know anything about it.

Case and point.

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And thats why Buddhist conversions in the West are 1% serious.

It all depends on the type of Buddhist. I would say the most of the people who become Nichiren Buddhist are serious. We teach the person how to chant and do Gongyo before they get their Gohonzon.

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Well yes, but I was looking collectively.

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Originally posted by Alliance
Well yes, but I was looking collectively.

Collectively you are correct, however, that is a little unfair. wink

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But, it saves me from listing every cult of Buddhism.

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But, it saves me from listing every cult of Buddhism.

So that's it: You are just lazy. laughing

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Do YOU know every cult of Buddhism?

Besides, if people know enough to suscribe to a specific cult...they probably fit into my category of "1% real converted Buddhists in the West"

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Do YOU know every cult of Buddhism?

Besides, if people know enough to suscribe to a specific cult...they probably fit into my category of "1% real converted Buddhists in the West"

I do know there are a lot of them; just like Christians. eek!

But I didn't make the unsupported claim. stick out tongue

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Its not unsupported (personal observation laughing out loud

), its just not falsely differentiated as you would have it.

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I don't think a person can follow himself. Buddha was a Hindu, just like Jesus was a Jew.

Buddha was not following himself. Siddhartha was a Buddhist. Do you know what a Buddhist is ? It's not someone who worships Buddha....

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Stars turning to your religion makes it lose credibility...not that Buddhism really ever had any...

What do you mean ?

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What do you mean ?

He does not know what he is talking about. wink

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He does not know what he is talking about.

True, True

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True, True

The problem is that he is unaware of his ignorance. wink

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The problem is that he is unaware of his ignorance.

Yes, but it's a little more than that. He sees things in Black and White. To him, things can only be one way or the other.

-If something is not 100% successful, then its a failure. If you are for something, you are for it 100%. If you are against it, then you are against it 100%.

-If you dissaprove of a religion, then you also are bigotted against the people who practice it.

-It's okay to disapprove of Buddhism, but God forbid you disapprove of Islam, then you're a Bigot.

Oh the Hypocrisy laughing

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people try to draw too many parallels between buddhism/non theistic faiths and their own faith. they try to interpret the PHILOSOPHY from the structural standpoint of their traditional organised relegion.

{ud be surprised at how many people have asked me why i wud follow PARTS of buddhism when it doesnt worship anything and have clear cut inflexible dogmas about life[to them flexibility is a sign of dubious/falsehood as there can be only ONE truth]}

Aug 29th, 2007 03:40 PM

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