Are these good examples why people always say Buddhists are the most peaceful people ?

Question

The Burma Government May Move to Abolish Christianity With Buddhist Support ?

Government officials have shut down churches in this capital city and have disallowed the construction of new church buildings. The number of bibles allowed for import is limited and in-country printing of bibles and Christian literature is restricted.


"Some Buddhist monks came and started shouting, 'don't worship God here – he has nothing to do with us,'” David said. “They said we were trying to establish Christianity in the village and they did not want it. The monks and others threw stones at us. They hit us like a hard rain. Some of us were hit in the cheek, the neck and the forehead."

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/012607Burma.aspx


--------------------

Report: Burma Plans to Wipe Out Christianity

A leaked secret document claims to reveal plans by the Burmese military regime to wipe out Christianity in the southeast Asian country.

Inside the memo were detailed instructions on how to force Christians out of the country, according to Telegraph.

Instructions included imprisoning any person caught evangelizing, capitalizing on the fact that Christianity is a non-violent religion.

“The Christian religion is very gentle,” read the letter, according to Telegraph, “Identify and utilize its weakness.”

Burma, also known as Myanmar, has a Christian population of about four percent, according to the CIA World Factbook. Persecution against Christians have come in the form of church burnings, forced conversion to the state religion of Buddhism, and banning children of Christians from school.



http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070123/25368_Burma_Orders_Christians_to_be_Obliterated.htm


--------------------


Christian children forced to become Buddhist monks.

CHILDREN from Christian families in Burma, between the ages of five and ten, have been lured from their homes and placed in Buddhist monasteries. Once taken in, their heads have been shaved and they have been trained as novice monks, never to see their parents again.


http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?international/0404burmese

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_040331csw.shtml

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.children.forced.to.become.novice.buddist.monks/594.htm


--------------------

Buddhist Extremists Attack Christian-Run Children’s Home in Sri Lanka


A 200-man mob, accompanied by extremist Buddhist monks, has attacked a children’s home, which was being run by the Dutch Reformed Church in central Sri Lanka at the beginning of August.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organisation which specialises in religious freedom, has reported that the mob fiercely attacked the home, following which, they climbed to the roof and planted a Buddhist flag on the roof.

Tina Lambert, Advocacy Director of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), said: "We are extremely concerned about the continuing violence against Christians in Sri Lanka. This latest incident, in which child care workers have been threatened, is unacceptable and we urge the Sri Lankan authorities to bring the perpetrators of such violence to justice."

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/buddhist.extremists.attack.christian.run.childrens.home.in.sri.lanka/7261.htm


-----------------

Hindu and Buddhists united to opose Christian evangelism

Hindu and Buddhist priests from across Asia are uniting to oppose Christian proselytism. The 1,000 delegates to a three-day conference in Lumbini, Nepal, discussed Pope John Paul II's recent call to evangelize Asia. Evangelism constitutes "a war against Hindus and Buddhists" and is a "spiritual crime," they said.


Hindus attacking Christian churches and
Reports of Christian persecution in Nepal continue


http://www.wtcf.org/www.viamission.org/news/nations/nepal.htm

-----------------


Buddhist Cambodia Limits Christian Activities :

Cambodia's government issued a directive preventing Christians from promoting their religion in public places, or using money or other means to persuade people to convert, officials said Tuesday.

Cambodian Buddhists generally tolerate other religions, but last year about 300 Buddhist villagers DESTROYED a partially built Christian church near Phnom Penh.

Also last year, a group of Christian worshippers was caught distributing sweets to young people in the countryside while trying to convert them, Sun Kim Hun said. Such activities are illegal.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3387739

--------------------

The violence of Buddhist extremists it’s being compared to the killing fields of Cambodia. In Sri Lanka religion has become mixed with politics and nationalism - creating a toxic brew of hatred and fear. They are…… forcibly trying to convert people to Buddhism and forcing people to kneel down to declare Buddha is our god!

Read about it

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=20555

-----
INDIA (Newsroom) – Six Christian missionaries participating in a gospel campaign called "Love Ahmedabad" were beaten so savagely in the state of Gujarat last week that one of the men may lose his arms and legs.

Members of the Hyderabad-based Operation Mobilization (OM) were distributing Bibles and religious tracts in Ahmedabad, about five miles from Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, the afternoon of May 5 when they were attacked by members of the Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Operation Mobilization ships tons of Christian literature around the country. The assailants also burned copies of the Bible and tracts.

http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/newsroom-india-missionaries.html


======================

Christian missionaries beaten in public for 'converting' Hindus

Television channels showed Hindu activists kicking and punching the two young priests while dragging them through Maharashtra's Kolhapur town.

News footage showed an activist knee one priest in the groin, making him double up in pain. Another kicked the missionary in the head. The crowd accused the priests of forcibly converting poor Hindus, and handed them over to police.

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/09/10123874.html

=============

Answer 1

Budhist could not find any role to play in the current world scenario unlike muslims, jews and christains

Answer 2

remember that Buddhists are just people like everyone else. which means like many other persons of faith they can be bigoted, judgmental, intolerant, and mean spirited, capable of anything.



you should note to that there are 2 main sects of Buddhism: Theravada and Yavamaya(sp?). Theravada is the more legal, doctrinal, dogmatic and strict sect. many of the Theravada sect still practice self flagellation, sensory deprivation, and the monks are sometimes beaten by their "superiors" for monastic infractions.



the much more widely know and popular Yavamaya sect is what the west is most familiar with.



i also suppose that many Buddhists are getting fed up with the encroachments of both Muslims and Christians in Asia and the near east. After all, if India and China were sending droves of Muslim and Buddhist missionaries over to convert YOUR children and knocking on YOUR door, how would you feel about it?

Answer 3

Yup, Muslims are most likely like this and most of them are very social and friendly. You will get the feeling as you are in a family if you come to Islam. All Muslims have a deep compassion for another and this is the most loving nation. Unfortunately media protrays Islam wrongly but when you will meet Muslims, you will realize that all the stuff on media about islam is wrong.

Answer 4

Was this information to enlighten or enrage?

Seems as though the world is skewed even the peace loving Buddhist have a few zealots too.

Answer 5

None of what you have posted here represents real Buddhist practice/living.



Organizations and individuals can call themselves Buddhist, but that doesn't make it so.

Answer 6

It seems some Hindus and Buddhists have their moments also.

Answer 7

All religion is evil...even religions of atheism.

Answer 8

Dang! It's interesting how religions react when their own tactics are used against them.

Answer 9

http://www.christianaggression.org

Answer 10

Doesn't sound very peaceful to me.