The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87904   Message #1646126
Posted By: The Shambles
11-Jan-06 - 02:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religion=good folk doing bad things?
Subject: RE: BS: Religion=good folk doing bad things?
The reason you don't hear about Buddhist suicide bombers is that Buddha taught to clear the mind of desire and of resistance both, in all dimensions, in order to achieve clarity and centering of the soul.

It is rather difficult to say why we may not hear much about certain groups of suicide bombers - Buddist or otherwise. I hear they wanted to hold a convention but due to a shortage of (living) delegates, it had to be called off. Does that say there is no such thing? Sadly it does not.

Prof Dawkins makees the point that if you are taught from the cradle to believe something and to base your life upon it - in spite of the lack of evidence - that leaves you with nothing but faith. So there is nothing for people of opposing faiths do do - but disagree and this is bound to only cause confrontations. And confrontations where there is little hope of any solution.