Help me out here, Ex Buddhists.

[Aoi Magi]

Brian the problem is buddhism and hinduism is mainly philosophical in nature and you cannot debate or argue with them in the same way as you can with an abrahamic religion. They do have religious aspects, but in buddhism it's quite small and is quite confusing. There are multiple buddhas, both good and bad, and they believe humans can become buddha-hood through weird suicide rituals... but those rituals are not really that widespread nor are they forced on followers...