Speculation that violence against Buddhists in Korea implies maybe Buddhists were violent is not only poor reasoning, but unnecessary when we have actual examples of Buddhist violence we could examine, for example in Sri Lanka. My point about Buddhist violence being a result of colonialism was more about the fact that we have no evidence Buddhism spread using violence.
I don’t see how Joseon provides an example of Buddhism spreading through violence, and even from your statement it doesn’t even seem like an example of Buddhist violence at all.
And your statement about Islam seems unrelated to my comments, I never suggested Islam “got violence from Christianity”, so overall I’m feeling a lot of confusion from your response.
Speculation that violence against Buddhists in Korea implies maybe Buddhists were violent is not only poor reasoning, but unnecessary when we have actual examples of Buddhist violence we could examine, for example in Sri Lanka. My point about Buddhist violence being a result of colonialism was more about the fact that we have no evidence Buddhism spread using violence.
I don’t see how Joseon provides an example of Buddhism spreading through violence, and even from your statement it doesn’t even seem like an example of Buddhist violence at all.
And your statement about Islam seems unrelated to my comments, I never suggested Islam “got violence from Christianity”, so overall I’m feeling a lot of confusion from your response.