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   From: dd@dandrake.com   
      
   On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:56:31 UTC, Siwel Naph    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Japan isn't pure Buddhist, and Sri Lanka, as Bree points out, is like   
   > Northern Ireland. Only I never heard of Buddhist terrorism or Buddhist   
   > mass-murderers...   
      
   I don't get it. There are Buddhists on one side in Sri Lanka, and the   
   other side considers them terrorists and perhaps mass murderers.  Just   
   like Ulster indeed, if you plug a different word (one of two) in place of   
   Buddhists.  SO I don't get how this exonerates Buddhism.  Oh, unless one   
   takes that side and puts *all* the guilt on the other, I guess.   
      
   >   
   > > ...   
   >   
   > So you're saying ALL the past Christians who persecuted and fought wars   
   > against each other and other religions were NOT sincere?   
      
   There seems to be a problem with the word "sincere" here. I mentioned it   
   in another post.  Is sincerity of conviction the same as getting it right?   
    (You mean there are *no* sincere conservatives in the world? :)   If   
   sincere belief means being a perfect Christian, mere or otherwise, may I   
   make bold to speak for Christians and suggest that they'd find very few of   
   their co-religionists in all of history who were "sincere" in that sense?   
      
      
      
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