[Buddha-l] Buddhism and forced conversion

Richard Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Sat Jul 17 14:54:23 MDT 2010


On Jul 17, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Curt Steinmetz wrote:

> In Buddhism, a doctrinal dispute over Buddha-Nature is equivalent to a 
> dispute over Christology in Christianity. Between the years 325 and 550 
> a minimum of 25,000 Christians were murdered by their fellow Christians 
> in the course of disputes over Christology.

What else would one expect from people whose inspiration was such texts as the Book of Joshua, the books of kings, the chronicles, the Psalms, the various prophets and the Book of Revelation? According as people are taught what is godly, so shall they act.

Richard


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