Thoughts on Buddhism

[Frank]

I think the problem with 'religious Buddhists' is that they see the Buddha as an infallable charicter who's every word should be taken as ultimate truth. I think the Buddha should be seen less as an infallable deity, and more of an example of a great human.

I admit I'm not extremely familiar with Buddhism (nor do I intend to become anymore familiar with it than I am right now), but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Buddha never called himself a deity or infallible (and never advocated anyone else viewing him as such). I think there's different schools of thought in Buddhism (and the view you're referring to here is a later innovation). Maybe later followers thought they had to compete with Jesus or something ... who knows?