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Why seek "God"?
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yeshuaslavejeff
simple truth, martyr, disciple of Yahshua
Every body knows.
God given conscience.
Yet He still says, if your idol will save you, let him - call on him/it in the day of trouble / on judgment day / call on your idol, and let them defend you.
i.e. God still gives free will, right up until death, or judgment day,
sometimes (not always).
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toLiJC
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the first thing that i had started to do as a religious worshiper, as far as i can remember, was that i believed in the One Who is really the true God without reading/using any scripture/spiritual book, and only then He gave me to use the Bible (and not only it) when witnessing to His Word/truth...
Blessings
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I do not know. My conscience does not testify to an Almighty God. On the other hand, my experience testifies otherwise.
Buddha is not an idol, nor can he save me. His teachings shows me that I must help myself, and that is plainly evident and observable as effective in my personal experience.
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No way, shape or form have I ever thought of the Buddha as a prophet. That's not his mission here on earth. You may not understand this great saying filled with wisdom that goes like this: "If you see the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him". But that pretty much puts him out of the prophet business.
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Some (count me as one) see the process of awakening happening right now as an evolutionary step in Human consciousness.
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Graduated steps towards awakening is part of the teachings of Buddhism too.
I perceive that the general state of human consciousness is in the process of degrading, however.
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Instead of starting off by believing "in the One Who is truly God", why not start off with the blind belief that Buddha is the fully enlightened one, instead? Why choose one over the other, as a starting point?
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I didn't think that you would understand. But that in itself is a very good indicator that your hitting the wrong notes when it comes to Buddhism. I don't know if you care about that, but it is what it is.
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