As a great fan of reason I must say Buddhism as a philosophy, that is minus the fairytale stuff mentioned prior, still works for me, that is it makes intuitive sense. If you take away the fairytale parts of Christianity, however, you are left with the unfortunate early death of a nice if a little crazy guy who thought he should be king of the Jews and pissed off the wrong crowd.
"Men see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages — except their own!" — Ernest Crosby.
