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castille · Oct 20, 2003, 11:36 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (G. Adams,)
But by getting rid of capitalism and replacing it with communism, he would be alleviating suffering.<hr size="1" /></blockquote>

No, he would be subjecting everyone to suffering. I'm sure Communism in China followed the verses of Buddhism.

<blockquote>Quote:<hr size="1" />Originally Posted by
And while buddhism respects the 'beliefs' of others, as in their spirituality, it doesn't argue that you should sit by and watch people starve just because you respect the beliefs of capitalists.<hr size="1" /></blockquote>

But Buddhism doesn't allow for violent revolution either. In the 1917 Soviet revolution, soldiers of the Imperial Guards had the skin of their hands torn off by the Communists. Is this what Buddhism preaches?

Now I know why there were so many Buddhist warrior monks....

Oct 20, 2003, 11:36 am	#23 (permalink) (top)
castille Citizen #21521 Posts: 2,599	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (G. Adams,) But by getting rid of capitalism and replacing it with communism, he would be alleviating suffering.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> No, he would be subjecting everyone to suffering. I'm sure Communism in China followed the verses of Buddhism. </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by And while buddhism respects the 'beliefs' of others, as in their spirituality, it doesn't argue that you should sit by and watch people starve just because you respect the beliefs of capitalists.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> But Buddhism doesn't allow for violent revolution either. In the 1917 Soviet revolution, soldiers of the Imperial Guards had the skin of their hands torn off by the Communists. Is this what Buddhism preaches? Now I know why there were so many Buddhist warrior monks.... Ideological loyalty is the act of giving your soul to a vague concept, to be manipulated by people smarter than you.