" Christians are not to be tolerant of Buddhist practices but Buddhists are supposed to be tolerant of Christian practices.
....Why? Because Buddhists are expected to acknowledge that there are other paths to enlightenment than just the one talked about by Buddha. "
Well I'm enchanted that we do agree that Buddhists
are tolerant....
.... where it is the Christian egocentricism
that is intolerant at it's worst , and instead of saving
souls , it has been mostly the sad procession
of the centuries of instead of "saving souls",
people were instead enslaved , tortured and
worse , being "saved" from your hells
and promised heaven.
Even Christians warring and terrorizing
other Christians.... this is the legacy
of the peacmaker and Son of god ?
But enough of that talk of the horrible past .
Buddha indeed never taught anything but toloerance
yet he also taught discernment and discretion .
I discern your desire to force your dogma's and
fables on others in every concievable way is
just the repetition of an age old ignorance
of God , yourself , and any true depth
of understanding what even your own Master
was trying to convey to you....
If you were truely wishing to help others see
some glimpse of " eternal light " , and spread the gospel,
you would not be engaged in the perpetual state of combat that we have to be witnessing time after time on
this thread and others .
surely you have more to offer the world than this
age old routine of
"We are the only way and the only truth"...
especially when those truths you are expounding
were taught long before your religion was born,
and taught more clearly , efficaciously , and deeply.
You would say that Buddha was a fraud ? I would challenge
you to tell me then Chris , where was this "Christ"
for the first 30 years of his life ? Surely the son of God
must have been able to have distinguished himself long before his 30th year when he suddenly springs upon the face of history and traveled to the river
of john the baptist to find his calling ?
As you know the word " scripture " , is directly
taken from the Hindu ...their word----->Sruti.
And it seems such another great coincidence
that the world had begun to witness the Hindus
more than 2 centuries before John the baptist,
gathering at the river Ganges for the Holy rite
of bathing, cleansing and purification .
Those were the largest gatherings of people
yet seen on earth back in those times
doing that sacred
and Holy bathing ritual yearly...
And it's just a co-incidence that there is a
John the Baptist doing it by the river Jordan
2 centuries later ?
They were not there to worship satan either Chris.
Though I thought I would save you the trouble of
posting that , in advance.
regards
Mars |
