[Buddha-l] NYTimes.com: Let Us Pray for Wealth

[SJZiobro at cs.com]

Curt,

Yes, you are missing something, namely, openess to the historical record.  For example, what are the Hindus and the Buddhists fighting over in Sri Lanka?  What are the Communists fighting over in Tibet?  Do you need more hints?

Stan

curt <curt at cola.iges.org> wrote:

>SJZiobro at cs.com wrote:
>> the typical, banal, and mendacious claim that only Christians impose 
>> their values upon others, implying that non-Christians do not, and 
>> this regardless of the evidence in the realm of legislation, law, 
>> politics, education, etc.
>
>I am unaware of any religions other than Christianity and Islam that are 
>responsible for the deliberate, systematic extirpation of other 
>religions. If you or anyone could provide any examples of even *one* 
>religion that has been wiped off the face of the planet by Buddhists, or 
>Hindus, or Taoists, or Shintos, etc - it would be a significant 
>contribution to our knowledge of comparative religion.
>
>On the other hand - if there are no such examples - then that cannot be 
>glossed over. In fact it leads inexorably to the conclusion that there 
>are two kinds of religion:
>
>(1) religions that systematically extirpate other religions
>(2) religions that do not
>
>Maybe I'm missing something - but this appears to be a significant 
>distinction.
>
>Curt Steinmetz
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