Comments on: The real religions of peace http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765/comment-page-1#comment-24859 Meryl Yourish Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:51:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765#comment-24859 You've got a point there. Jains sweep the ground in front of them as they walk, for fear of stepping on any bugs. Now THAT's peaceful. You’ve got a point there. Jains sweep the ground in front of them as they walk, for fear of stepping on any bugs.

Now THAT’s peaceful.

]]> By: Balabusta in Bluejeans http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765/comment-page-1#comment-24855 Balabusta in Bluejeans Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:59:23 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765#comment-24855 There is a difference between being a faith that holds peace as a (not THE) spiritual value, and being a faith 'of peace'. The history of both Judaism and Christianity bears this out. Someone should have worked that out before the "but Islam is a religion of PEACE" routine was allowed to get started. But I don't think anyone was thinking that clearly at the time. That said, I think Jainism gets my vote for 'Religion of Peace'. It doesn't get much more peaceful than Jain. There is a difference between being a faith that holds peace as a (not THE) spiritual value, and being a faith ‘of peace’. The history of both Judaism and Christianity bears this out. Someone should have worked that out before the “but Islam is a religion of PEACE” routine was allowed to get started. But I don’t think anyone was thinking that clearly at the time.

That said, I think Jainism gets my vote for ‘Religion of Peace’. It doesn’t get much more peaceful than Jain.

]]> By: Tatterdemalian http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765/comment-page-1#comment-24847 Tatterdemalian Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:44:31 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/02/19/2765#comment-24847 Unfortunately, those facts do not fit in with the postmodernist narrative, that all religions are completely identical in every way. Unfortunately, those facts do not fit in with the postmodernist narrative, that all religions are completely identical in every way.

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