(December 29, 2015 at 8:03 am)Rhythm Wrote: Theists don't have any helping hands that you don't. Their gods don't have that ability, any more than your karma has the abilities you claim for it.
Lions can also think before they act.....they're very smart. Humans also act on instinct. My summary of the buddhist position as related by you appears to be correct, and it's functionally identical to it's christian counterpart.
Sir, I gave an example before a person known to me saying God has forgiven him for his past being a prostitute dealer. Isn't that helping? Why is it that all your sins are washed away when one takes Jesus into one's heart. There is nothing like that in Buddhism. They are no where near identical.
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path" - Gautama Buddha