1. Jesus taught there was ONE supreme being, Buddhism teaches many

- Buddhism views this world not as created by God, but as having four distinct elements, namely: earth, water, fire and wind, linked together by "Hepuprataya", or primary and secondary causes, without any plan and purpose. Christianity views the world as created by God according to His own design and purpose.

3. Buddhists see this world as one full of misery and everything in it as vanity. the world is not from god, but is the result of Karma, the law of couse and effect.

- Christians believe this natural world is created by God and that it is great and wonderfu

4. Buddhism is an attempt to escape from the world

- Christianity seeks participation in the affairs of the world.

5. A Buddhist tries to work out his own salvation by keeping the buddhist commandments.

- A Christian receives salvation of God as a free gift of grace

6. Buddhist doctrine teaches that man must take only vegetarian food,

- Christianity doctrine teaches that food is for health and does not concern the soul

Yes I see your point. Christianity and Buddhism is almost exactly the same.

Yes some laws may be similar. Some laws of USA and Mexico may be similar, does that mean they are the same country? They are lead by the same people?

Some laws from France and England may be similar, does that mean they are the same country? They are lead by the same people?

so does Christianity....you guys have three...one is omnisicent, one is a Man, one is supposedly a mindless power source

What you been smoking.

Budhism teachs that there is but one all.

Christianity teaches that futility is the only reward for life...

(proof... all are evil... Heaven is achieved only by the pure in christ... yet mankind is evil and falls short.)

The christian 'salvation' is not a free gift from god... One must first 'purchase' the 'package'... Then the 'free' gift is given.

There is 1 SUPREME being though. Our father which art in heaven is in control of it all. There's not say "mother nature" and "father time" ect or any other example you wish to use. There is God our father, Jesus the son, and The Holy Spirit. But they are all under the command of God our father. They are all his creations. They are not equal or greater. So no, not the same.

Cowboy...."The Highlander" said it best..."There Can Only Be But One" ...so pick one ...which one is the God...Yahweh, Jesus or The Holy Ghost

dial-up still exists??? I thought it went the way of the dinosaur.

Hmmm, I don't think I have ever said, "YES! YES!" But there is always a first time...

There were many Buddhas, this what most people do not understand. Jesus was merely one of many. He was simply grossly misunderstood by the culture he was attempting to teach is all.

Just look at what the religion of the ancient Jews had them doing. They were judging each other to be sinners, they were stoning people to death on the streets for being sinners. They were constantly picking up stones to cast at anyone who claimed to speak on God's behalf.

They were a truly rude and crude bunch. They ultimately finally did crucify Jesus himself for blaspheme as per their God's instructions!

If there were any truth to the story of Jesus being the "only begotten son" of the God of the Torah, that God would have had to have been a total moron. He had commanded these people to kill heathens. And he had already commanded them to never place anyone before him (the very First Commandment). Yet he has Jesus go to these people to tell them that no one get's to the father but through him!

That would clearly be blaspheme and a blatant breaking of the very First of the Ten Commandments. The God of the Torah commanded that anyone making any such claim must be killed as a heathen.

So this story, as it stands, requires that the God of Abraham was a complete idiot if he actually did what this story claims.

Jesus had to have been a Buddhist. It's the only thing that makes any rational sense.

"mylifetoday"...what's dial-up? ...

and are you now just getting around to watching The Highlander Movie ...there use to only be but one now there's about five of those movies now

wouldn't many Buddhas that resurrect into one be the same as the concept behind The Trinity

Buddhism doesn't teach that there are many supreme beings. Buddhism is a pantheistic philosophy. However it does recognize the many facets of "god". This is something that most Christians do not understand. I certainly don't expect you to understand it especially considering your extreme desire to support Christian religious bigotry. You're simply not in a position to want to understand anything that doesn't support your religious bigotry.

By the way, you aren't being truthful here.

Jesus taught that he and "The Father" are one (speaking in terms that the Jews he was talking with could understand), but then he also "Ye are also gods". Implying that everyone is ONE with "The Father" just like him.

He even said, "Whatever you do to your brother you do to me", further showing that there is no difference between Jesus and anyone else. We are all ONE with "The Father"

Had he been speaking to a matriarchal society he probably would have put that in terms of "The Mother".

Because that was the "god concept" of the society that he was speaking to.

What he really meant is that we are all ONE with NATURE, and NATURE is God. And we are all a manifestation of NATURE, and in this way we are all ONE with God.

Jesus was preaching pantheism through and through.

But even more to the point which is blatantly obvious is that he rejected the teaching of the Torah and taught behaviors that are far more in harmony with the teachings of Buddhism than they were with the teachings of the Torah.

He rejected the judging of others which the Torah commanded people to do.

He rejected the stoning of other people, which the Torah commanded people to do.

He rejected the seeking of revenge as in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and instead he taught forgiveness and to turn the other cheek.

He clearly did not approve of the teachings of the Torah. So to even remotely suggest that he was the son of the "God" of the Torah makes no sense at all. That clearly can't be made to work and that's one reason why the Jews themselves never accepted the Christian rumors and rhetoric.

Of course the fact that Jesus never became the King of the Jews is proof positive that any claim that he was the prophesied messiah has no merit anyway.

So the only rational explanation is that Jesus was indeed most likely a Mahayana Buddhist Bodhisattva.

The idea behind the Christian "Trinity" was to avoid having become a Polytheistic religion. So they just claim that all their different concept of God are one in the same. This also makes "Jesus God". Even though he could not have been God.

So it's an oxymoronic fable no matter how it is viewed.

There is no smoking of anything lol. And not necessarily all are evil. All are born with sin, yes. That is where Jesus comes into play, he is the one whom will judge us, thus he is the one whom offers forgiveness of sins. It is a free gift, nothing you can do can BUY you into heaven. It is a free gift offered by our lord Jesus Christ.

Yes there can only be but one, God our father is the one. Jesus and the Holy Ghost are creations of God.

This. It amazes me how some people cannot see this. If you have to do something to get a "free" gift, then it really is not free. It can't be by definition.

Not necassarily. Jesus was prophesied about in the old testament, "torah". So if people would have listened and believed as he said, there would have been no crucifixion. The Torah prophesied Jesus' coming, but they did not believe he was the one that was prophesied. So all in all they had no right to crucified Jesus. Jesus wasn't speaking blasphemy, he was speaking as the Torah "old testament" prophesied as was going to happen.




We do not worship Jesus in the first place nor did Jesus tell us to worship him, so that point is mute.

Who ever said it was a "free" gift. Heaven is a reward for obedience.

Cowboy...so let's get it on record..are you stating that Jesus and the Holy Ghost are not God ...but only creations?

It is a free gift. Whether or not you accept the gift offered is the question. That is Free Will.

There is nothing you have to "do" to earn it.

But I guess you could argue that being required to believe is something you have to do. Well, that is the case. Because if you do accept the gift you do believe. They are hand in hand. Not a requirement, just a simple fact. Kind of like when you buy a car, you acknowledge you will buy the gas that you need as well. They are connected.

It is not possible to accept His Gift without believing. It is possible to believe and not accept it though...

Huh??? what does Highlander have to do with dial-up????