Pete Theisen wrote: > On Friday 11 May 2007 7:10 pm, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> Wolfe, Stephen S YA-02 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>>> Yeah! You are absolutely right! Why don't you teach kids Buddhism in >>>> your public schools? It is morally superior to Christianism, if THAT's >>>> what you are REALLY worried about. >>> OK, Ricardo, I'll bite, how is Buddhism morally morally superior to >>> Christianity? >> For starters they don't go around trying to 'convert' other people or >> shouting theirs is the 'only' truth (BTW there are plenty different >> flavors of Buddhism being Mahayana and Hinayana the main two, but I >> won't get into details). > > Hi Ricardo! > > Is not that caste system in India a part of Buddhism?
Nope. >Couldn't convert from a > lower class to a higher one, now, could you? Look at your own words : 'caste system in India' Obviously an Indian thing. You will find Buddhism in China, Japan, VietNam, etc. > > There is no moral significance in trying to convert someone or not, unless > you > get pushy about it. Yes, there is. But I didn't expect you to grok it. > There are sects, not to be confused with denominations, > that do get pushy, I will admit, When you don't like them you call them sects. When you do you call them branches. > but I don't belong to any such thing myself. And who cares if you belong or not to any of them. Got news for you. YOU are NOT the subject of this conversation. Merely a participant. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
