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Originally Posted by (Man Against Time,) Its wrong, however, to think Buddhism cares one second for "humanity," or "the people."<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Becoming (more) enlightened automatically makes life easier for people around that person. Buddhists care a lot about other people because they have a better understanding of how and why people act in a certain way. Overcoming the petty needs and distractions, which are usually at the forefront of the human consciousness, brings better understanding of those emotions and recognition of those emotions in other people. Most Buddhists I know (all 3 of them) are bussy on some kind of world-improving life path. So I don’t know if this was exactly what you meant or if you meant the opposite, but the above is my understanding.
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Originally Posted by (Man Against Time,) Anyway, as I said, Buddhism does not care about "humanity" in the sense that the modern world does.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
How does the 'modern world' care about "humanity" ?
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Originally Posted by (Man Against Time,) Not destroying all of mankind is just a byproduct of a life oriented toward the Absolute. Overcoming human bonds is the only goal of Buddhism.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Destroying? erm, the common believe held by Buddhists is that all life is sacred because it is reincarnated life. Different forms of Buddhism believe different things about the impact of (accidental) murder on Karma. There is a form of Buddhism which holds you responsible (bad karma) if you accidentally step on a bug.
Also: "Overcoming human bonds"? It's more like the recognition that your consciousness and my consciousness are no different and our 'souls' are linked and 'made' of the same substance. So I'm not sure what you mean by that.