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05-26-2002, 09:11 AM
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Buddhist extremists?
My searches on the web for "Buddhist extremists" has mostly turned up Evangelical christians talking about missionaries getting attacked in Sri Lanka. Is there not much in the way of Buddhist extremists outside of Sri Lanka, and do they only have a beef with Christian missionaries?
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05-26-2002, 09:34 AM
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If there is such a thing as Buddhist Extremist then I am sure that they are missing the point of their "religion" in the same way that Christians have been missing /overlooking the point of "turn the other cheak".
I think it is a social issue, maybe those Buddhist finally caught on to the western interpretation of non-violence (except for those you disagree with). |
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05-26-2002, 06:30 PM
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ever heard of the persecution of christians and muslims in buddhist majority burma?
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06-28-2002, 08:58 PM
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Ahh but then they wouldn't be "true" Buddhists would they?
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07-09-2002, 07:31 AM
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Burma is in the hands of a glorious socialist government which abuses large numbers of people, Buddhist and others. Here's a typical link.
<a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=2750" target="_blank">http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=2750</a> |
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07-09-2002, 08:27 AM
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