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To: Brumar89 who wrote (419424)	9/24/2008 1:55:15 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1576915

>> There simply isn't a practical difference... The difference is subtle but significant. Because Buddhists don't believe God is handing out punishment for bad deeds, they are not likely to feel the hand of God on their shoulders and go on a witch hunt. Nor will they try to imitate a judgmental god show intolerance on religious grounds. The same difference goes for Heaven and Nirvana. Because nirvana is achieved by you through hard work and diligence, a Buddhist is far less likely to go on suicide bombing or a crusade to get his reward from his god. He will instead focus on purifying himself. Now I'll be the first to admit that people often do whatever they want to do and then find reasons to justify it. The same goes for Buddhists. But in Buddhism it is much harder to guise wanton ambition or hatred in religious clothing than it is in Judaism/Christianity/Islam. As an example, an old samurai saying stated the "punishment" for being a warrior was to return as samurai in the next life, thereby continuing the cycle of restless violent life they lived. Although being killed at the hand of a samurai is likely no better than being killed at the hand of a jihadist, there is a world difference between this perspective and one that states you'll be rewarded for killing the people in the name of Allah. ST