They used the branding of Buddhism and science to push back against negative stereotypes that were being spread by Christian missionaries, stereotypes that Buddhism is primitive, superstitious, or idolatrous.他們利用佛教和科學的品牌效應來回擊基督教傳教士傳播的負面成見,即佛教是原始的、迷信的或偶像崇拜的成見。