Thanks Irfan, but I'm not apologising for anyone. I believe the malicious killing of even one person is wrong. The killing of thousands of people is beyond forgiveness. It is evil.
I am saying that anyone who can carry out such acts has no right to call themselves Buddhist.
Thanks Irfan, but I'm not apologising for anyone. I believe the malicious killing of even one person is wrong. The killing of thousands of people is beyond forgiveness. It is evil.
I am saying that anyone who can carry out such acts has no right to call themselves Buddhist.
Agreed, but they do call themselves that and they carry out the atrocities anyway. That's his point.
I would argue the same for any religion, including Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus.
For any religion indeed. Devout Christians dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima ans Nagasaki. How Christian is that?
The people who do these things betray the very belief systems they claim to follow.