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Ooops did it again, multiple replies to multiple replies to multiple posts. Superiority complex perchance?
That is not what she said. I think what she is getting at is when one thinks of themselves as superior to another being then trouble follows for the "inferior"
Really, so do you do your killings in secret? All of those stoning have to happen somewhere.
Your assertion is that Islam needs to evolve a bit?
The only religion in this day in age 2008 who openly advocates war is Islam. Granted it is mostly the fundamentalists ....... still.
Do the Buddhists believe in self defense?
As long as the culture that claims to use their superiority as justification for war then that would be a misuse of the claim, IMO.
Do Buddhist believe in self defense? Buddhist teachers would say it depends on your motivation. There are refinements according to motivation. The best motivation is concern for others--not self importance. So a really pure bodhisattva may choose to kill someone who intends to blow up the world trade center, for example, and take on the karma of going to the hell realms for the deed in order to prevent the murderer from committing a heinous crime.
Buddhists do defend ourselves. If the defense results in non-virtue then we have the consequences of that non-virtue. We are all sentient beings, so caring for ourselves is an act of kindness.
The problem with have with claims of inferiority or superiority is that they can be used as justification for genocide, war, and conquest.