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Topic	Which of these major world religions do you most identify with?
Dash_Harber 04/20/17 1:14:35 AM #17:	wah_wah_wah posted... Dash_Harber posted... wah_wah_wah posted... Dash_Harber posted... Buddhism, probably, but I'm an atheist and I still have some major issues with Buddhism (such as the Blood Bowl Sutra or the defeatism of it). I think I might find Buddhism worse than Christianity at this point. Particularly Zen Buddhism which is a bunch of bullshit if you ask me. Which sucks, because the Daoism that Zen Buddhism is based off of is probably one of the coolest, most egalitarian religions out there. Westerners like to pretend that Buddhism is just a atheistic hippie religion, but it's pretty much just as diverse as Christianity and suffers from many of the same problems like sexism. I just didn't get Zen Buddhism. And I'm fairly certain no one else does either but they are pretending to get it because it is chic. Honestly, it's just Buddhism with liberal amounts of philosophy stolen from Daoism and a decent Shinto influence. I may be wrong, but it always struck me as a way for the incredibly nationalistic and violent Samurai to reconcile their violent lives with the concept of Mahayana Buddhism. <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:877541706] in Which of t... [t:75258204]...</cite> <quote><cite>wah_wah_wah posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dash_Harber posted...</cite> <quote><cite>wah_wah_wah posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dash_Harber posted...</cite> <quote>Buddhism, probably, but I'm an atheist and I still have some major issues with Buddhism (such as the Blood Bowl Sutra or the defeatism of it). </quote> I think I might find Buddhism worse than Christianity at this point. Particularly Zen Buddhism which is a bunch of bullshit if you ask me.</quote> Which sucks, because the Daoism that Zen Buddhism is based off of is probably one of the coolest, most egalitarian religions out there. Westerners like to pretend that Buddhism is just a atheistic hippie religion, but it's pretty much just as diverse as Christianity and suffers from many of the same problems like sexism.</quote> I just didn't get Zen Buddhism. And I'm fairly certain no one else does either but they are pretending to get it because it is chic.</quote> Honestly, it's just Buddhism with liberal amounts of philosophy stolen from Daoism and a decent Shinto influence. I may be wrong, but it always struck me as a way for the incredibly nationalistic and violent Samurai to reconcile their violent lives with the concept of Mahayana Buddhism.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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