Again, I'm reading this Dalai Lama book and they were talking about guilt. He was saying an old monk was talking to him about doing something, and the Dalai Lama said "perhaps that should be done by a younger monk" so the guy went home and killed himself so he could be born again younger. Just when you think the most peaceful religion cannot be that bad. You read of an instance where someone took it too far.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So the guilt was the Dali Lama feeling bad the guy had taken him too literally? Well I have generally found him to be an unusually ethical sort of person, especially for a religious leader. He for example is the only prominent religious leader who has said that when religion contradicts established science, it is religion that has to change its views.
mordant
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Apr 23, 2018
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But that's a HUMAN thing, not a religion thing. Among any group you’ll find people who take things too far.
Benthoven
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Apr 23, 2018
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Totally agree, but I think religious faith and religion itself have a way of maximally amplifying the worst tendencies already present in human nature. It caters to our propensities to egoism, tribalism, confirmation bias, agency inference, and such. Is it the only way to be led astray from critical, rational thinking? Hardly. But it's a very popular and accessible and socially acceptable way.
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