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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!m2c!bu.edu!stanford.edu!apple!mikel
  2. From: mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.atheism
  4. Subject: Re: Buddhism - A religion of atheists?
  5. Message-ID: <77700@apple.apple.COM>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 21:05:14 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan26.013458.1092@nuscc.nus.sg> <1k49itINNrd1@endeavor.ksu.ksu.edu>
  8. Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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  11. In article <1k49itINNrd1@endeavor.ksu.ksu.edu> yohan@endeavor.ksu.ksu.edu (Jonathan W Newton) writes:
  12. >I also wouldn't say that Buddhism is free of violence in its history.  Zen
  13. >buddhism in Japan, for starters, has been involved in past bloodshed.
  14.  
  15. There is no doubt that numerous Japanese soldiers have been Buddhists.
  16. I am, however, unaware of any warfare undertaken in the name of
  17. Buddhism. I'm not saying there hasn't been; just that I'm not aware
  18. of it. 
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