Posted by Booty Princess at syr-24-59-115-15.twcny.rr.com on March 28, 2003 at 17:07:11:
In Reply to: Depends on which kind of greed... posted by Smalls on March 28, 2003 at 17:04:15:
: I mean, Buddhists, Hindus and European Pagans have fought a whole lot of wars that came down to a power-mad religious leader saying "fight this war for my land and you will please God/Goddess/Gods"... with the tacit promise that Deity will give you a better immortality for it.
is about. I never could understand the point of that book.
But I'm hard-pressed to think of a Buddhist-driven war anytime in human history. Then again, they're the least focused on an afterlife of anyone.