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Greta75 -> RE: Freedom From Atheism! (2/7/2016 10:13:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DominantWrestler
Greta, I don't even know where to start. Your perceptions of Buddhism
I live in 70% Buddhist country. My whole family, relatives, are all Buddhist. I still got all the compulsory mumbo jumbo buddha temple visits that I gotta do till this day on special occasions. I go through it all eyes rolling all the way as I don't believe in any religion, but doesn't change the fact that, this is what buddhism is, and still, I really find it amusing and cute! And Buddha is the nicest deity out there! Who doesn't get angry at anything. So if I have to choose an after-life buddy to hang out with. Buddha is the one who I like the most. Like he would be fun and chill all the time, and I would say, he would totally accept you unconditionally. Jesus and Muhammad, Christian God, Allah, are not my ideal friends, both of them are judgmental folks who are gonna send me to hell. At least with Buddhism, everybody goes to hell, reincarnate until they reach enlightment. So they have unlimited chances over and over again. And hell is so precisely specified too. At least they tell you detailedly what your hellish punishment will be for each specific crime you commited.
I think Christian description of hell is so vague, plus assuming Satan lives in hell right now, and can roam freely on earth and create mischief to go against God, tells me, living in hell gives you shitloads of freedom!
This is what is practiced here and what Buddhist people believe in.
My perception of Buddhism can't be screwed since I am living and breathing it.
Yesterday I met a Thai dude here on holiday, and I asked him about Thai Buddhism and was surprise to learn it's exactly like Chinese Buddhism. Their Buddha is their magical genie for material things too. So it's not just us. He said Thai people loves to go temple and pray to Buddha to ask for lucky numbers to buy lottery. Which is exactly what chinese buddhist here do all the time! Exactly the same thing! And unlike Christianity, where that would not be very Christian to ask that of Jesus. But in Buddhism. Buddha is totally chill with these sorts of requests. No wrongful behaviour, crimes, or sins committed.
I also have contact with Muslim people everyday, my old job of 11 years are majority Muslims working in it. I was practically put with a Muslim family for day care after school everyday, a muslim girl my age when I was little, like between 7 to 12 was my best friend. As she was the daughter of that family and my school mate. And that family picks me up for school, takes me to their home and only when my parents come back from work, do I get to go back. I saw their practices. Lived it, breathe it. Didn't like the way my muslim girlfriend was treated by her parents. Everytime she supposingly got into contact with non-halal things, they scrub her from head to toe in holy muslim sand, until her whole body is all bleeding, and abrasions, it's not a pretty sight, which to me, explains why they force her to wear the whole hijab all the time, to cover those wounds. But it's a religious thing.
It's real for me, everything I say, because I live and breathe it everyday. And I spend whole weekends in Malaysia at least twice a month, different parts of it each time. My driver over there is a Muslim who always wear traditional Muslim garments. Does not dress modern or western. So I hang out in a Muslim country twice a month. I also live in a country, where Muslims are allowed their Sharia laws. I mean, Muslims are legally allowed to take 4 wives in my country. So..., you know...., our Muslims are living the Muslim way.
In the west, Muslims are forbidden to practice their sharia law or have 4 wives. Clearly western culture disagree with their policies, but yet still want to claim, they love Muslims. At least my position is consistent with my beliefs. I don't support any body who oppress women.
Here is a non-muslim situation. Julien blanc, a pick up artist, who advocate violence and emotional abuse towards women to get laid with them, got banned from my country. It was ordinary citizens that brought him up to our government's attention, learning that he has plan to hold one of his sessions here, and our government who learnt about him was shock about his teachings, and then, decided to ban him, with no hesitation.
And currently, my country is gonna ban all the extremist foreign Muslim religious preachers from our country too, that preach hate against women and teaches jihadist philosophy. So they said that, even if they preach in their own countries, but just want to visit here, they will be denied entry! I love my government. I was sooo happy when I heard that news! Good job on them! Those assholes aren't welcome here!
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