Buddhism vs Christianity

I'm not going to research it, but I believe that centuries ago, Tibet had a sadistic Buddhist ruler who butchered thousands because they did not subscribe to his version of Buddhism. Am I wrong?

I would say Christianity is about love and peace.

 

Christians butchered thousands too... Hundreds of thousands, actually


Seems they want to continue to do so, as well.

 

All religions are the religions of men. The truth lies even in the hearts of the anti religious. I don't believe in perfect men. I believe that's antithetical to what it means to be a man. All are lost; none attain perfection, which is a concept open to many interpretations. If you never knew what it felt like to be flawed, well that is one glaring flaw in itself, and you never truly knew what it was like to be an ordinary man or woman.

People just aren't humble enough to go their own way, no questions asked, no answers given. We want to be angels and saints or the devil himself. But there is no escape from the pain of being a man. There is no escape from the feeling of inadequacy in the face of all creation. And we should learn to keep quiet and hope for the best more. It's better than just talking to try and vanquish the silence where doubt creeps into our heads.

 

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Some religious scholars find Christ's teachings so similar to Buddhism that it is believed that he actually studied Buddhism during the "lost years" I believe they're called (forgive me, I'm not a Christian).

 

I am not aware of any evidence that Budda's teachings had reached Israel at that time. Convergence frequently happens. It wasn't so much what Christ said as who he was that makes him so compelling.

 

That was less the fault of Buddhism and more the perversion and corruption of it by people looking to rationalize their peaceful philosophy with their rapid militarization. I dont fault Buddhism here. The real culprit is what they did with Shinto and how they tied it into government and basically said the Emperor was a living god and the government a divine entity. It would be like today if we were all raised to believe Trump was Jesus. Imperial Japan is a nice little example of what happens when you dont separate church and state

 

Seriously can't tell if that was a legit agreement or a dismissal of everything I said

 

Don't give them any ideas...

 

He will unite us by declaring: "Ich bin ein Hamburger"

 

That's hamberder...

 

I hope he actually ment hemp herder.

 

It seems to me that since humans first realized that death was inevitable, many types of thought/teachings have arisen to ameliorate the horrible idea of eternal nothingness when we change form. I also think we're damn lucky to be alive and that if the indisputable truth were to be revealed--which I think we're not meant to know--at least not in our present form, we might be somewhat disappointed. Many ideas from most hypotheses extant are useful and fulfilling it seems.

 

Ok. Didn't mean to come across as confrontational. Just wasn't sure

 

You're not going to research it, but you'll say it anyhow even though it slanders another religion. I never heard of it, but even if it were true, what would be the point? That a religion is inferior because it had a sadistic religion who butchered thousands. Like other religions, Buddhism has been more violent than its teachings suggest, but I think Christianity and Islam still outpace it, and Hinduism isn't far behind . We could come up with quite a list of so-called Christian butchers too, starting with the beloved Ferdinand and Isabella, who bankrolled Columbus, authorized the inquisition, and gave Jews and Muslims the choice of converting to Catholicism or leaving the country. Does that make Catholics bad? As for Peace and Love, the Crusades, the burning of heretics, and the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries make your claim hard to defend. As a Christian, I think true Christianity is about love and peace, but the false kind does a lot of damage. Ivan the Terrible used Christian monks as his secret police to terrorize the countryside.

 

Isn't that always the case with religions? If it weren't for followers perverting them, they'd all be great!