Kind of predictable, isn't it... how all these people who worship an authoritarian version of God also want an authoritarian version of government? You'd never catch a Sufi (a real one, that is) or a Buddhist propping up a wannabe fascist dictator.
@sufisamwise
You sure about that? See Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bhutan, China...
@San_Ban I'm well aware of what you're talking about, as well as the "Imperial Buddhism" of the Japanese during World War II. But in doing atrocities, none of them were actually following the teachings of Buddha, were they? Just as the Christofascists in World War II era Nazi Germany weren't really following the teachings of Christ. Bastardized, corrupted versions of any religion cannot be considered representative of the real thing. My statement stands.
@San_Ban you are in no way understanding anything I have said. I'm not sure why you cannot understand the concept that nothing I said implies those billions of people were not true Buddhists. I only referred to people whose authoritarian versions of religion make them prone to preferring authoritarian versions of government. I never once referred to good people of any religion, who are abused by a government.
@sufisamwise
So those billions of Buddhists are No True Buddhists?