Yeah like 99.9% of American"pagans" are just acting out an offensively cobbled together frankenstein of long dead European folk religions, with no actual belief system attached or connection to the tradition.
They just like to pretend they have an interesting culture, but don't even know shit about their own history, which could had made them an interesting person to talk to.
Are buddhists necessarily ascetic? I'm not super familiar with buddhism, but I have read stuff written by buddhists and I'm pretty sure I remember one specifically speaking against the idea of asceticism, framing it as something of a needlessly "extreme" approach.
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and also a pagan at the same time
Yeah like 99.9% of American"pagans" are just acting out an offensively cobbled together frankenstein of long dead European folk religions, with no actual belief system attached or connection to the tradition.
They just like to pretend they have an interesting culture, but don't even know shit about their own history, which could had made them an interesting person to talk to.
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I mean, some of the prime commandments of Christianity are "don't kill anyone", "don't steal" and "love your neighbour as you would yourself".
It sure hasn't stopped them.
DEUS VULT
We know there hasn’t been any Buddhist soldiers. Don’t look at Japanese history.
Zizek is right about "western buddhism" (new-age version) and capitalism
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Are buddhists necessarily ascetic? I'm not super familiar with buddhism, but I have read stuff written by buddhists and I'm pretty sure I remember one specifically speaking against the idea of asceticism, framing it as something of a needlessly "extreme" approach.
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You should ask the Buddhists in Myanmar.
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"Life is suffering... and I'm here to prove it!" :angery: