I concede your point about Zen Buddhist in Japan. It would be the height of arrogance to say that Buddhist are not as human as the next person. What I can not find is a war fought over Buddhism. No wars fought to spread belief, or wipe out other religions.
To be fair Zen Buddhist are odd.
To be fair Zen Buddhist are odd.

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Defections, court fights test Scientology
- 01/11/2009 11:08:00 PM
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I don't think most people think the Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses are "mainstream".
- 02/11/2009 12:29:51 AM
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I agree. When I read that I thought "bullshit". Especially about the JW's. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 04:40:05 AM
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Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Daoism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, Scientologism.
- 02/11/2009 12:40:26 AM
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Yes, literalism and fundamentalism don't typically make a lot of sense. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 01:34:48 AM
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I beg to differ. Scientology is more ridiculous than the other religions mentioned.
- 02/11/2009 01:58:44 AM
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To you, perhaps. To me it's a wonderful fantasy like the rest. No more or less believable.
- 02/11/2009 02:19:17 AM
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What sources do you have for that statement?
- 02/11/2009 06:38:19 AM
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The point was about polytheism versus monotheism
- 02/11/2009 03:29:23 PM
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I take issue with your view of history
- 02/11/2009 04:25:24 PM
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The view of history is not monolithic. You are entitled to your views.
- 02/11/2009 04:36:45 PM
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Excellent post.....all religions are a little nutty, but Christianity was a natural extension to....
- 02/11/2009 02:43:49 AM
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Re: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Daoism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, Scientologism.
- 02/11/2009 04:03:49 AM
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Right. Unlike Christianity, which has harming your neighbor as one of its central precepts.
- 02/11/2009 06:34:16 AM
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Re: Right. Unlike Christianity, which has harming your neighbor as one of its central precepts.
- 02/11/2009 02:42:22 PM
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Your spelling is simply atrocious. Are you a non-native English speaker/writer?
- 02/11/2009 03:23:25 PM
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+1 to your question and add "abysmal grammar and style" *NM*
- 02/11/2009 04:28:08 PM
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Re: Your spelling is simply atrocious. Are you a non-native English speaker/writer?
- 03/11/2009 02:26:07 AM
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I think that you are wrong.
- 02/11/2009 03:48:20 PM
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Define, supporting/promoting a war?
- 02/11/2009 04:12:46 PM
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Agreed, and even some 19th century wars had at least partial religious motivations. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 05:38:22 PM
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Re: I think that you are wrong.
- 03/11/2009 03:07:40 AM
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Uh? I thought what was testing Scientology was its crazy-ass beliefs.....
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- 02/11/2009 02:38:07 AM
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- 02/11/2009 02:38:07 AM
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