• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Depends on how you define the word religion.

    Buddhism is legally a religion for example, but has little in common with major middle eastern/western religions.

    • @InverseParallax
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      21 year ago

      So I did qualify as organized, but there are also tales where Buddhism becomes authoritarian and onerous, often small villages ruled by an elder monk and a few others.

      I don’t consider those examples representative, more as proof that religion is an easy thing to corrupt for power. Otherwise I’d agree Buddhism seems more resilient to this than most, which makes sense, in a way it began a protest against the corruption and brutality in Hinduism.