Why Isn't Anyone Trying to Convince Us to Be More
Tolerant of Buddhists?
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Posted:
19 Dec 2015 01:08 PM PST
If some of your friends or family are still reluctant to believe
a religion could actually promote hatred or intolerance or violence, ask them
some questions. Don't try to get them to answer the questions. Just ask them
to think about or wonder about this:
Why do we have so many
problems with Muslims but not Buddhists? Why are we constantly urged to
tolerate and co-exist with Muslims but not Buddhists? Western culture isn't
more similar to Buddhism than Islam. So why doesn't anybody feel the need to
convince us to tolerate Buddhists?
Could it be that the tenets of the religions themselves are dramatically different? I like to use Buddhism for comparison because if you are in a Western country and talk about Christianity or Judaism, it doesn't work as an example, because most people consider Western culture to be a "Judeo-Christian" culture. Buddhism is outside of the normal biases, so can be used as a good comparison. |
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