There is a great deal of "Buddhist philosophy", but "Buddhism" is indeed a religion. People who claim otherwise typically have some general aversion to "religion" but find themselves agreeing with, or least being not so bothered by, Buddhism. They still want to be angry with "religion" so to reconcile the conflict they proclaim Buddhism not to be one.
It is. Cheers, paul Tim Øsleby wrote: > So far, one: My uncle ;-) > > I'm not sure if really qualifies for the term; perhaps he is just a weirdo. > He claims that Buddhism is not a religion, but a philosophy. > So I might have been too big mouthed again. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Shell > Sent: 26. september 2006 03:05 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Street photography - religious objections > > > On Sep 25, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > >> I can only answer for my part of the world: >> >> The right to express myself in my own way, the right to read what I >> want, >> the right to listen to the music I want to, the right to live with my >> beloved, the right to decide how I look, the right to have a beer, >> etc. >> In short, the right to be me. >> >> Happily the Christian fundamentalists down rule here. >> >> I think there are fundamentalists all over the world, in any religion. >> Perhaps Bahai is the one exception the confirms this rule. > > > How many Buddhist extremists have you run into, Tim? > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
