Comments on: Buddhist Belief — Is Peace Even Possible? http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-is-peace-even-possible Buddhist Beliefs and Teachings in Plain English Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:22:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ron Rink http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-is-peace-even-possible/comment-page-1#comment-57 Ron Rink Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:14:05 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=65#comment-57 My response is, and always will be, similar to the quote I used at the beginning of this post; ""War can only be understood and put an end to if you and all those who are concerned very deeply with the survival of man, feel that you are utterly responsible for killing others. What will make you change?"~~~ J. Krishnamurti When war happens, human beings die. As a Buddhist, I can't find justification for killing others. My response is, and always will be, similar to the quote I used at the beginning of this post; “”War can only be understood and put an end to if you and all those who are concerned very deeply with the survival of man, feel that you are utterly responsible for killing others. What will make you change?”~~~ J. Krishnamurti

When war happens, human beings die. As a Buddhist, I can’t find justification for killing others.

]]> By: Anvbis http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-is-peace-even-possible/comment-page-1#comment-56 Anvbis Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:07:38 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=65#comment-56 In the years leading up to 1939, Poland decided not to "waste" the country's money on needless things such as tanks, bombs and military personnel; however, their German and Russian neighbors demonstrated the fallacy of your argument when they subsequently rolled into Poland and exterminated millions of those peaceful people. A more recent example would be Iraq's unprovoked invasion of Kuwait in 1990. I personally spoke to Kuwaitis and heard about the atrocities committed by the Iraqi soldiers against their families. Both of these incidents were successfully "settled" by military personnel and materials maintained by the U.S.A. I don't believe you can make a justifiable argument that handing flowers and giving hugs to the aggressors would have prevailed just as successfully. In the years leading up to 1939, Poland decided not to “waste” the country’s money on needless things such as tanks, bombs and military personnel; however, their German and Russian neighbors demonstrated the fallacy of your argument when they subsequently rolled into Poland and exterminated millions of those peaceful people. A more recent example would be Iraq’s unprovoked invasion of Kuwait in 1990. I personally spoke to Kuwaitis and heard about the atrocities committed by the Iraqi soldiers against their families. Both of these incidents were successfully “settled” by military personnel and materials maintained by the U.S.A. I don’t believe you can make a justifiable argument that handing flowers and giving hugs to the aggressors would have prevailed just as successfully.

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