whenever i harsh Buddhism's vibe, some fucker brings me a "well actually Buddhists believe the opposite of that", which is way too easy given what i have now decided is the Third Law of Buddhism: for every Buddhism there is an equal and opposite Buddhism somewhere in Asia
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Replying to @chaosprime
Isn't the same true for most religions and ideologies?
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Replying to @qwertyplication
idk mang, if i said "fuckin' Christians, always going around believing in accepting Jesus Christ as their lord and savior", i feel like i'd get *relatively* little backtalk on that
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Replying to @chaosprime @qwertyplication
Christianity is a credal religion with institutional authorities to enforce orthodoxy. Buddhism is an orthopraxic religion with no central authority.
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the closest thing to a creed that Buddhists will agree on is probably the Four Noble truths, but that's not so much a belief as it is an outline for the practice.
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Replying to @danlistensto @qwertyplication
obviously what Buddhism needs is a blockchain
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
Let me show the wackiest stuffhttp://reddit.com/r/altbuddhism
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Replying to @qwertyplication @chaosprime
there's always someone doing something terrible with it, no matter what it is
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there's a bitter irony in that though, since nominally one of the purposes of Buddhist practice is to make you better able to escape the insanity of ideology and conflict causes by aversion. but then some fucker runs head first into the aversion.
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might have slightly lawled at the first thread i opened up being this it's the circle of liiiiiiifepic.twitter.com/t6878VpOEE
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
https://www.reddit.com/r/AltBuddhism/comments/atq0ke/secular_vs_religious/ … This is the one I found very interesting. The first three sentences have a powerful rhetorical punch to itpic.twitter.com/IQaSU7DjHz
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Replying to @qwertyplication @chaosprime
have I mentioned lately how much I hate authoritarians and fundamentalists? that is my aversion and I am not looking to transcend it.
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