That goddamn bloodthirsty maniac couldn't help himself but play that dudes drum too
tocopherol
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You are correct that what I said could just reflect the fact that Buddhism hasn't reached the same level of political consolidation as Christianity. But there have been Buddhist empires throughout history.
You do point out another aspect that I was reflecting on though, that these religions are used as tools by nationalists or other political authorities. In my view it is not the religion itself that enables or supports these atrocities but the centralized power that these organizations are able to hold. Human societies have had religion for all of known history so it is difficult to thoroughly prove that these societies would be more or less violent without religion of any type. If they didn't have a religious group driving the masses to be pawns of their violence, it could be a trade group like the Dutch East India Company.
You may be alone in your mom being gone, but my mom is gone too, so you aren't alone in a mom being gone. I don't know if it will get better. But at least it's not only your suffering, is how I see it. Reading your comment made me feel a little less lonely.
Buddhist cultures don't usually have eternal punishment, there may be suffering after death in some sort of realm but it's still just temporary like all things are. I grew up in the US but I am so thankful for my atheistic and Buddhist influenced upbringing.
That seems to be against their usual labeling, shouldn't it be 'true, but out of context' or whatever? I was into snopes when it was a bit newer and mostly unpolitical, it's funny when their 'top 25' started becoming just whatever absurd Obama birth-certificate truther meme was being spread
There is a tone in those screams that is so satisfying that you can't hear in any other media. Even if you are in Japan normal speakers will never sound like that haha. It soothes my internal scream mechanism.
That's doesn't seem too dramatic, that's some bullshit. I don't know what your lease situation is like or the laws there but there may be something you can do. Leaving shit in the toilet should be an imprisonable offense regardless of the class status.
I gotta tell ya, whether or not people think you are, accepting that you are in fact hot will solve some problems
Maybe that's why I enjoy wearing very large sweaters, it's the closest we can get to a robe in good society.
I avoid reddit in all forms but what's the problem with these links specifically?