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**neerewed** · 07-23-2010, 12:58 PM

Things I am unable to accept, just off the top of my head:
- relics of the Buddha (a "tooth of the Buddha" greatly revered in Sri Lanka was examined by a scientist and found to be a cow's tooth - this revelation did not faze its devotees in the slightest)
- amulets (these can be purchased in Thailand, I hear, and are purported to make the wearer invulnerable to bullets)
- kamma & rebirth (despite trying to find various ways of crediting these, when I am honest with myself I have to admit that I have never succeeded).

I am sure I could extend this list quite a bit, but these are enough to make my point for the moment. The first two, especially, I will never believe were promoted by the Buddha: they are nothing more than silly superstitions.

07-23-2010, 12:58 PM	#12
neerewed Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 388 Senior Member	Things I am unable to accept, just off the top of my head: - relics of the Buddha (a "tooth of the Buddha" greatly revered in Sri Lanka was examined by a scientist and found to be a cow's tooth - this revelation did not faze its devotees in the slightest) - amulets (these can be purchased in Thailand, I hear, and are purported to make the wearer invulnerable to bullets) - kamma & rebirth (despite trying to find various ways of crediting these, when I am honest with myself I have to admit that I have never succeeded). I am sure I could extend this list quite a bit, but these are enough to make my point for the moment. The first two, especially, I will never believe were promoted by the Buddha: they are nothing more than silly superstitions.
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