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> The first adopters of most religions are those who have the least to lose Depends on what you mean by first adopters. Some of the Christian church fathers we
by eternauta3k 7y ago
> The first adopters of most religions are those who have the least to lose
Depends on what you mean by first adopters. Some of the Christian church fathers were quite educated people, and many of the Buddha's great disciples came from immense wealth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Principal_Disciples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Principal_Disciples
- nashashmi 7y agoAnd Buddha was a prince. That makes Buddhism a religion of the wealthy if a religion at all. Where the wealthy preach simplicity. An irony.