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One acts like a 'Know it all' and the other 'wants to learn it all' (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Why did the noble Japanese Buddhists boil Portuguese Christians alive? Was this one of those Brahman Deeds?

Because of their afflictive emotions of fear, hatred, and so on, which are the real "enemy" that Buddhists should oppose. Unfortunately, most Buddhists are just ordinary people with no particular control over their disturbing emotions.

Much as Jesus critiqued the Pharasises. And yet modern Christian Dominionists have far more in common with Pharasises - even Roman Pagans - than the fishermen and slaves and prostitutes that were it's original disciples.

Yes. Unfortunately it's easier for one person to be exceptional than a whole society. I think religions' greatest failure has been their neglect of the role that material conditions play in people's lives. Until we have exceptional material conditions, exceptional people will not be the norm.