Buddhist Intolerance
Many years ago, I was told by an American convert to Buddhism from Catholicism that his new faith was alone among major world religions in that it had no history of intolerance, oppression, or persecution of religious minorities. Sadly, that is not the case (see Anti-Christian Feeling Rises in Buddhist Sri Lanka). Perhaps the perception of Buddhisms's tolerance is widely-held in the West due to the other-worldliness of the religion; I was later told by that same friend that Buddhism was the realization that human life was nothing more than a dream from which we would one day wake up.
Many years ago, I was told by an American convert to Buddhism from Catholicism that his new faith was alone among major world religions in that it had no history of intolerance, oppression, or persecution of religious minorities. Sadly, that is not the case (see Anti-Christian Feeling Rises in Buddhist Sri Lanka). Perhaps the perception of Buddhisms's tolerance is widely-held in the West due to the other-worldliness of the religion; I was later told by that same friend that Buddhism was the realization that human life was nothing more than a dream from which we would one day wake up.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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