In a previous article, Richard Riley said:
On Sat, 26 May 2007 16:57:54 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
In a previous article, Richard Riley said:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 19:09:31 -0300, "Dave"
wrote:
Funny, I've noticed over the years that for the most part the more a person
or group calls on God, the more they love their enemy dead.


Have you ever met a Buddhist?

Obviously you never have.

Buddhists don't call on god. They don't have a god.

Apparently you haven't met many either.

Some Buddhists believe in a single God, some believe in multiple Gods.
Some don't. Some don't know.

The ones who believe in a single God or multiple Gods are following a
religion as well as Buddhism. Buddhism is not a theist religion.

necessary. Nevertheless, today many lay people in East Asian countries
pray to the Buddha in ways that resemble Western prayer - asking for
intervention and offering devotion.

Then those people understand Buddhism about as well as Jerry Falwell
understood the teachings of Christ.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
....if Paul's really talking about truly average people, then they'd probably
die in either case, because common sense isn't.
-- Derick Siddoway