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Originally posted by crontab
The three religions of the west all have a moral tradition. G-d determines what is right and what is wrong. There are fixed moral values, which even the greatest kings and emperors are not allowed to change.
Originally posted by rileytardell
reply to post by riley
PLEASE STOP THE PERSONAL INSULTS FROM RILEY : MODERATORS?
Tardell not tard.
This other "riley" person made is calling me retarded and then went back and edited the post when I called him out on it.
He is biggoted and is making fun of my last name to imply I am mentally handicapped. And then he refered to handicapped as trolls.
Originally posted by SevenThunders
reply to post by Wintermute
Many Buddhist monks take part in the persecution however. Apparently they feel threatened by the growth of christianity. It is quite a shame.
Originally posted by rileytardell
The trouble maker is obviously tis other riley!!!
They called me retarded and then edited ther post to escape guilt. Check and you will see he qwent back and edited it out and changed it around after he offended me.
PLEASE GET BACK TO THE INFORMATION AND STOP PERSONAL ATTACKS RILEY
Girl, 6, embodies Cambodia's sex industry
• More than 1 million children in global sex trade each year, U.S. State Dept. says
• 50,000 to 100,000 women and children involved in Cambodia's sex industry
• Gang rape, AIDS, torture afflict the women and children in this field
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) -- At an age when most children might be preparing for their first day of school, Srey, 6, already has undergone trauma that is almost unspeakable.
She was sold to a brothel by her parents when she was 5. It is not known how much her family got for Srey, but other girls talk of being sold for $100; one was sold for $10.
americanbuddhist.net...
Originally posted by rileytardell
riley you know you directly called me retarded well you said a "tard"
you wrote it and then went back and edited your post to change it - when I pointed it out.
Originally posted by rileytardell
Originally posted by riley
Your posting style really reminds me of this troll that used to spam my profile with 'tard' jokes..
Oh name calling now? Belittling the handicapped too!
My name is Tardell not Tard - you are just a cruel petty name caller.
Originally posted by riley
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I would like to ignore you from now on.. I suggest you do the same.
[edit on 22-6-2008 by riley]
Originally posted by rileytardell
Yet Sufferuing ABOUNDS in Buddhist controlled areas! Wake up!
That's why it's a conspiracy. THEY LIE. There's no good in Buddhism. Take a look at the Buddhist areas of the world they are deplorable. Buddhism teaches to just accept suffering. While the evil Buddhists dish it out.
Brennan, Carla. (1986). “Sexual Power Abuse: Neglect and Misuse of a Buddhist Precept.” Brennan is a visual artist living in western Massachusetts. Briefly discusses Buddhist teachers in the U.S. who initiated sexual relationships with their students. A
Butler, Katy. (1983). Events are the teacher: Working through the crisis at the San Francisco Zen Center. CoEvolution Quarterly, 40(Winter):112-123. Butler is a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and a student at the San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, California. A magazine-style, and occasionally first person-, account and analysis of the crisis in the San Francisco Zen Center following actions by the Board of Directors on 04/08-04/10/83 upon discovering that the Center’s abbot since 1977, Zentatsu Baker-roshi (nee Richard Baker) had been sexually active with women students, and that the relationships had damaged their efforts to practice Zen.
www.trimondi.de...
Originally posted by Dragonfly79
Name a country or place on this planet where there is no suffering.
Tell me of a sutra in the tripitaka where the Buddha states buddhists should cause suffering.
The Buddha teaches there is suffering and a way to end suffering. You cannot do anything about something without accepting it first, similar to for example addictions. He didn't say ending suffering is an easy feat.
Some of the countries with a buddhist tradition do not have that much luxury compared to other countries without that tradition. Might be because buddhism states the material is inferior to the spiritual, meaning true happiness can be achieved without luxury, in contrast to what we in the west believe, the better our worldly goods are the more happy we become.
Although I doubt this discussion will lead anywhere I am curious what the OP's personal reasons are for his or her crusade against buddhism?