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You're just being prideful. Comparing the legitimacy of Buddhism to the Catholic church. Who cares. I'm not comparing such a thing. I am purely asking a fundam
by kilgnad 4y ago
You're just being prideful. Comparing the legitimacy of Buddhism to the Catholic church. Who cares.
I'm not comparing such a thing. I am purely asking a fundamental question in the same way Siddhartha asked the question of why does suffering occur.
Why did those monks do meth and become Buddhist at the same time?
- ethanbond 4y agoThat’s explicitly not what you’re asking. You quite literally asked what this implies about Buddhism. Frankly you’ve already “snuck in” the caveat in your comment above: “you have to question the foundations of the church if it happens regularly.” Sure! Do we have evidence this happens regularly among Buddhist monks? As of now this just seems like an internet tirade based on nothing but a curious event.
- kilgnad 4y ago>That’s explicitly not what you’re asking. You quite literally asked what this implies about Buddhism It's one and the same question. >Frankly you’ve already “snuck in” the caveat in your comment above: “you have to question the foundations of the church if it happens regularly.” An entire temple is equivalent to "regularly" in this case. It is not a curious event. I will say that another user did say that it was only 4 monks. That makes it a curious event. But the click bait headline by itself does not indicate that.
- ethanbond 4y agoYeah it’s literally the second sentence of the article. That explains a lot. Not understanding the topic you’re making inflammatory arguments about (at least to the depth of Sentence 2 of the discussed article) is fully on you. But yeah, you know, “asking questions the way Siddhartha did.”
- kilgnad 4y agoI missed that sentence. Skimmed to quick. I readily admit my mistakes because I treat this thread as a discussion not a holy war. Next time I recommend you do the same instead of assuming something is "inflammatory" because you've been outright rude. It's a poor display of whatever you represent. Anyway this conversation is over. My question is answered and I have no wish to discuss anything further with you specifically. Good day.