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Originally Posted by diamondsoul
The non-theistic religions can be just as silly, and triumphalistic, as the theistic ones. 
Rob Preece, a practising Buddhist, wrote this insightful piece about this tendency in organized religion. The tendency to circle the wagons around an orthodoxy and to exclude all those who are progressive or innovators: |
Thanks for that. You help me make my case that we're all alone here. Just us humans trying to do our best and proving again and again that we're imperfect.
Also, if these transgressions illustrate the dangers of Buddhism, I think I'll take it over the crusades and inquisition.