my knowledge of buddhism is very slight, but do they really "worship" the idols? its kinda like christians with the cross, right? nobody is worshipping the cross explicitly, its just a reminder of the faith as a whole

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Depends on the sect and all that. Chinese Buddhism tends to follow the pure land sect and from my very shallow reading into it it does seem a bit similar to christianity

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, there's like a saying, "If you ever meet the Buddha, kill them." but that's specifically zen Buddhism, I never went there or lived it for myself