How many of you are Christians?

[Doc Dutch]

After having message board Buddhists lecture me for two decades that Buddhism doesn't believe in gods, it was striking to me how frequently the sayings of The Buddha invoked gods, devas, and hell in the Dhammapada.

The moral framework, the Dao, the dharma, as articulated in the New Testament, the Analects, the Dhammapada respectively all kind of land on the same general target, but I was interested to see the shades of differences

The Buddhist genocide off the Muslims in Myanmar should dispel us of any notions that there are any world religions immune to the prospect of being weaponized.

What version of Buddhism were most of them adherents? Tibetan? Therevada? Zen?

Agreed about how it's people who misuse tools, not the tools themselves being dangerous

[Cypress]

What version of Buddhism were most of them adherents? Tibetan? Therevada? Zen?

Agreed about how it's people who misuse tools, not the tools themselves being dangerous

It's just funny that anyone who calls themselves a Buddhist would disavow the words and sayings of The Buddha. LoL

My suspicion is that in North America, there has always been a watered-down version of Asian Buddhism being marketed here to urban metrosexuals, Hollywood stars, Gen X hipsters who are looking for a religion that seems rational and quasi-agnostic.

[Doc Dutch]

It's just funny that anyone who calls themselves a Buddhist would disavow the words and sayings of The Buddha. LoL

My suspicion is that in North America, there has always been a watered-down version of Asian Buddhism being marketed here to urban metrosexuals, Hollywood stars, Gen X hipsters who are looking for a religion that seems rational and quasi-agnostic.

Most self-avowed Christians on JPP disavow the words and sayings of Jesus. Mostly by their actios, not necessarily a direct statement against the principles of Jesus....except for following Pedo Don.

[Cypress]

Most self-avowed Christians on JPP disavow the words and sayings of Jesus. Mostly by their actios, not necessarily a direct statement against the principles of Jesus....except for following Pedo Don.

They really aren't entitled to the mantle "Christian" then, eh? ; )

[Doc Dutch]

They really aren't entitled to the mantle "Christian" then, eh? ; )

Agreed.

They, like the Buddhists you mentioned, are free to call themselves whatever they like and others are free to call them on it.

[Lightbringer]

I put myself down as maybe because I do follow Jesus' teachings. The Golden Rule and such.

It is funny that those Christians who profess to believe in the divinity of Jesus and his teachings rarely ever follow his teachings.

This is how they get you. Christians don't hold a monopoly on "good."

[Doc Dutch]

This is how they get you. Christians don't hold a monopoly on "good."

Not sure about "get you" but agreed that Christians don't hold a monopoly on "good". The lip-service Christians in the US seem to hold a majority on "evil".

[IBDaMann]

Most self-avowed Christians on JPP disavow the words and sayings of Jesus.

Terry, I see that you continue to believe that your persistent vegetative state somehow grants you the superpower to speak for countless, unnamed others.

I have bad news, Terry. Virtue-signalling is not a superpower. It's a stupidity, as in something that people with only a brain stem would do.

[IBDaMann]

The lip-service Christians in the US seem to hold a majority on "evil".

You can't put this all on Obama, Terry.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

I put myself down as maybe because I do follow Jesus' teachings. The Golden Rule and such.

It is funny that those Christians who profess to believe in the divinity of Jesus and his teachings rarely ever follow his teachings.

Do jesus teachings include dying for a Zionist ethnostate?

[Doc Dutch]

Do jesus teachings include dying for a Zionist ethnostate?

No. Jesus was a Jew who preached love of God and love of neighbor.

Why are you against both, Fredo? Why do you want to murder Jews?