Thoughts on Buddhism

[Abracadabra]

lol here's a question for a buddhist.. someone just claimed Jesus was buddhist, was he?

I don't believe that Jesus Christ actually existed in history. I think he is completely made up. But if some more down-to-earth version of Jesus DID exist at some point in time, then yeah, I would say that his actions and attitude most closely resemble that of a buddhist or hindu. He obviously wasn't like any of the other Middle Eastern Jewish bigots, mysoginists or terrorists in the region. So he must of became what he became elsewhere, probably India. But most likely, Jesus is completely mythological and should be regarded as such. He is just the latest of false idols in a long line of mythological heroes from the Mediterranean region.

Well, I certainly wouldn't argue with that. It is quite possible that the character of Jesus was entirely fabricated. I personally don't believe that simply because of the nature of the stories. I think if they were going to make something up from scratch it wouldn't contain the contradictions and conflicts that the New Testament gospels contain. Thus for me, it makes far more sense to believe that these stories are indeed rumors about some real person.

I believe that some guy actually did speak out against the Pharisees, and the immoral teachings of the Torah, and was indeed crucified by the angry Pharisees. And that event sparked what later became the rumors of "Jesus" that we read about in the New Testament.

However, it's important to understand that in a very real sense this person was not the Jesus described in detail in the New Testament. In other words, the "real Jesus" (if he actually existed) merely sparked these stories. But that in no way implies that the stories should be accepted as being a factual account of the life of this person, or his teachings.

So in that sense, I too believe that the "Jesus" of the Bible is "fabricated" (if only by exaggeration and biased motives) even though that fabrication may have been inspired by someone who held many of the beliefs that the New Testament attributes to "Jesus".

So I guess, in a way, I actually don't believe that the "Jesus" depicted in the Bible ever truly existed. I just believe that someone sparked those rumors. And that person was most likely trying to teach the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism.

There is absolutely no way that Jesus could have been the "sacrificial lamb" of some jealous angry God who used his son to appease himself so he could forgive the "sins" of men.

I mean that would be an utterly pathetic "God" anyway. So it's worthless even if true. If our creator is like that then life is worse than meaningless. That would be like having a God straight out of Freddy's Nightmares.