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Originally posted by ADIDAS
Buddhism has to be the way to go...
you have never heard that one of the monks abused a child.
no violence, everyone do what you do type of mentality.
tellin ya, this has to be the way to go......
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I don't think you understand Buddhism very well. Buddhist monks are just as human as Christian monks. No violence? Ever heard of Shaolin? (Sure, they don't instigate violence, but are well prepared to become the winner...they are NOT total pacifists!) "Everyone do what you you do type of mentality"? No, they believe in vegetarianism, so doing what you want to do won't include hamburgers and fried chicken. Also, their monks (in most sects I'm aware of) take a chastity vow as well.
Some interesting differences between classic Buddhism and Christianity: Buddhism is an atheistic religion (no personal deity like Yahweh/Jehovah). Buddhism aims not at the preservation of the individual soul, but its extinction (release from birth and death and absorption into the primordial oneness of everything).
Whereas Christianity has an ethic of righteousness, the Buddhist ethic is concerned with ending man's craving...which would include a craving for sex and sexual release.