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 @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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Christianity is a credal religion with institutional authorities to enforce orthodoxy. Buddhism is an orthopraxic religion with no central authority.
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Maybe one skews more one way and one more another, but as an unqualified statement, this is easily falsifiable.
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There are clearly hierarchical Buddhist traditions, and there are Christians who schism and go off to do their own thing all the time. Both religions have literally thousands of sects, ranging from the "do your own thing" all the way to the rigidly hierarchical.
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You are right in one sense, I don't know of anything in Buddhism's history that compares to the violence of Catholicism's attempts to maintain a spiritual monopoly on Europe.
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