2/ If there are no significant points on which it disagrees with American secular ethics, why pretend “Buddhist ethics” exists?
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3/ Calling American secular ethics “Buddhist” gives it an illusory grounding in sacredness that it lost when it separated from Puritanism.
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@Meaningness A common problem! Conservative Catholic converts often discover that the Church agrees with their political views 100%, too.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness It's because it's easy to change religions but hard to change ideologies? ...>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness The Catholic Church disagrees with conservative Americans on guns, the death penalty, gratuitous war, welfare, and unions.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness I guess I mean, making a religion over in your own image is the easy path to take.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Meaningness *nod*. "Conservative Catholics" at least still have abortion, gays, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness (*) NOT THAT POPE. John Paul 2 and Benedict -- Francis is an aberration to be ignored.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@Meaningness those darn endnotes at the end of the chapter :-)0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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