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I hate how westerners view Religion. "Oh, Buddhism is a thing of peace an enlightenment, as opposed to Christianity, which a vicious God condemns people to hell
by Noos 9y ago
I hate how westerners view Religion. "Oh, Buddhism is a thing of peace an enlightenment, as opposed to Christianity, which a vicious God condemns people to hell." Never mind the fact that Buddhism has multiple hells whether its Chinese or Japanese (possibly in the hundreds where the tortures to people are all described in glowing detail.) We're talking about the faith that gave us Sokishinbutsu, self-mummification while alive.
Most folk Taoist and Buddhist beliefs would probably horrify people who tend to think New Age bowdlerization of eastern faiths is what really goes on.
- eeZah7Ux 9y agoThe "facebook motivational quote" approach to spirituality is naive and romanticized as many other topics. You are vastly generalizing "how westerners view Religion" while, at the same time, cherry-picking and oversimplifying facts about Buddhism.
- qntty 9y agoSeeing as Christianity is by far the most popular religion in western countries, I don't think that's an accurate way to portray how "westerners" view religion.
- spicymaki 9y agoI find it funny how we can revere anything historical, the more I learn about history, the more I get disillusioned by people and institutions. Currently I feel there are two ways to meet that problem: With ignorance: "Oh, Buddhism is a thing of peace an enlightenment, as opposed to Christianity, which a vicious God condemns people to hell." or with acceptance: "There are people who just did things in contexts I might just never truly understand, some of it might be of value and some of it might not be of value. Is there anything I can learn from that?" Nothing is untainted. The best anyone can do is just separate the wheat from the chaff and move on.