[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

There is something wrong here. Buddhism is a religion of peace. Either these guys are not Buddhists, or they are Buddhisofascists which again doesn't make sense.

[hellbender]

Buddhism is anything but tolerant toward Christianity in majority-Buddhist nations.

"In Bhutan, all public worship and evangelism by non-Buddhists is illegal. When Bhutanese are discovered to have converted to Christianity, they are denied government benefits--including public education. Christians have been fired from their jobs and some have been expelled from the country. Two Christian evangelists were arrested...and imprisoned for six months without trial and finally received sentences of at least three years."

In Sri Lanka, "since 2003, more than 170 acts of violence have been recorded against Christians. In 2006, Buddhist clerics and politicians revived efforts to enact a federal anti-conversion law...which called for sentences of up to five years and/or a stiff fine..."

[Quotes from Voice of the Martyrs}

So much for those peaceful and tolerant Buddhists.

[353FMG]

Don't you know that their Armed Forces have been taken over by a Muslim general not too long ago?

[Maynerd]

Buddhism is a religion of peace. Either these guys are not Buddhists, or they are Buddhisofascists which again doesn't make sense.

The world is definately upside down. Neologism of the day - Bhuddhio-fascism.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

If you study the evolution of Buddhism, you'll see that it, as well as Hinduism and Islam, have similar a development and a similar history of internal fighting.

What we have seen for the past half century is the "peaceful" variety of the Buddhist (e.g., the anti-war Buddhist of the 60's). But there are other branches that have been and still are, prone to violence and revolution. They, like today's Islamic Imperialists, are for more worldly in their goals than religious.

One of the notes that stands out to me, if this document or the quotation of it can be trusted, is the line about Christianity being in essence passive and that this should be exploited.

Turning the other cheek has nothing to do with personal or national defense. We are fools if we allow ourselves to be led to the slaughter with some Leftist interpretation of scripture that says we can never use violence to defend ourselves. I've explained it before and will do so again. There are two types of violence: righteous violence and unrighteous violence. To use violence to murder, steal, oppress, or convert is to be unrighteous. To use violence to defend ourselves and others from wholesale slaughter or tyrannical oppression is to use be righteous. If we can't agree on such a basic precept, this great experiment in self-government won't last much longer, for the tyrants in the world will indeed see our PC moral relativism or our sheep-eyed mantra "violence is always wrong" as weakness and will destroy us.

[hinckley buzzard]

Burma escaped the communist advances of the 60's and 70's, and remained a relatively isolated, primitive country of rival tribes and ethnic groups. The attack on Christianity is an excuse for renewed persecution of the Karens.

[TigersEye]

There is something wrong here. Buddhism is a religion of peace. Either these guys are not Buddhists, or they are Buddhisofascists which again doesn't make sense.

The government in Burma isn't Buddhist it's a socialist military junta. It certainly isn't following Buddhist precepts in any way.