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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The funny part of this whole took-the-teenager-to-church fiasco thing is that these are the same people that love diversity and inclusion and would be so happy to have little Larla visit a Buddhist temple and talk with the nice monks, but if you are a Christian they'll dump their kids with you for three days and freak out that you don't want to leave their kid unsupervised in their house as you go about your normal life.[/quote]

Well, I mean, a fundamental difference between Buddhism and Christianity is that Buddhism isn't evangelical in nature. There's no culture of proselytizing, no exclusionary attitude ("our way is the only way!"), and no...pushiness. You'll notice that none of the stories in this thread involved a Buddhist person trying to preach at a non-Buddhist person, but there are [i]pages[/i] of stories, not just from the OP, about Christians trying it. So no, there's nothing "funny" about people noticing that uncomfortable religious situations arise from intolerance...instead of, you know, allowing you to paint other people as intolerant for not allowing uncomfortable behavior.[/quote]

So you've never met Buddhists, often converts, who want to tell you all about why their way is the best. You need to get out more.[/quote]

+1.  Really sick of "Buddhist" being this stand-in for aloof perfect religion among liberals.  Buddhists can be, ahem, "pushy" too.

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2146000,00.html
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Ahem, that was my post about "So you've never met Buddhists...", and I'm liberal. I've also had Muslims tell me why their religion is so much better, including how Christians misunderstand Jesus. Proselytizing, to the point of making someone uncomfortable, isn't limited to any one religion.[/quote]

Well I'm liberal, too, but that doesn't mean liberals don't do annoying things![/quote]

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