And @BuddhistGeeks.
That was a tad harsh, though. There have certainly been some "real" meditation teachers on batgap (some of whom also appeared on DU), and while I don't listen to batgap now, it did introduce me to some genuine teachers I might otherwise not have heard of.https://twitter.com/Kalieezchild/status/975571978764541953 …
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You're right that we don't need crusaders. We need leaders (which I genuinely consider you to be, by the way).
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Trying my best, failing often.
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Any spiritual leader who claims to be superhuman and to never make mistakes is a scam artist. Leaders who embrace and showcase their humanity is precisely what we need!
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No religion wants you to think for yourself, not any of the Monotheistic religions, and not Buddhism either, which is why, in that sense, it’s just another religion. Recite scripture, follow the rules, obey the teacher, and most of all, don’t think.
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First of all, religions don’t want things, people that practice religions want things. And your claim doesn’t hold up to reality testing. Not all people who practice religion want the things you’re saying. This is a form of bigotry, I’m sad to say.
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Religions are made up of living people, yes, but they are also made up of scriptures, mostly written centuries ago, and institutional routines, which continue regardless of the particular person executing the routine.
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'Not all' is the exceptionalism excuse, which is means that if a few people in a group differ from the majority, that makes the whole group non-homogeneous. This is a specious argument.
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If the majority of members and all the institutional routines of a religion are designed to produce a certain set of results, that is sufficient to say that such routines and results are 'typical' and characteristic of the religion.
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