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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 3705250" data-attributes="member: 18225">Oh sweet Buddha, I don’t care a whit about the Abrahamic religions ...it’s desert/tribal stuff, I’m more into the mountains (Taoism, Buddhism).I appreciate the fact that you believe what you believe, but other than that, good luck.I’ve spent a lot of time with Buddha...he’s kind of the same thing as Jesus!They both likely existed, and their legacy/words were written by followers hundreds of years later.Guy, we’re still arguing about Nixon, and we have audio/video/paper transcripts of the whole affair, you’re going to tell me that the political faction that won out in ‘Christianity’ is legit?Wrong, it’s marketing.I love Buddha’s message, but I never took it literally that flowers sprouted from his hand or whatever.They’re <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ing metaphors!In my opinion, you demean the texts by insisting on their reality.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 3705250, member: 18225"] Oh sweet Buddha, I don’t care a whit about the Abrahamic religions ...it’s desert/tribal stuff, I’m more into the mountains (Taoism, Buddhism). I appreciate the fact that you believe what you believe, but other than that, good luck. I’ve spent a lot of time with Buddha...he’s kind of the same thing as Jesus! They both likely existed, and their legacy/words were written by followers hundreds of years later. Guy, we’re still arguing about Nixon, and we have audio/video/paper transcripts of the whole affair, you’re going to tell me that the political faction that won out in ‘Christianity’ is legit? Wrong, it’s marketing. I love Buddha’s message, but I never took it literally that flowers sprouted from his hand or whatever. They’re :censored:ing metaphors! In my opinion, you demean the texts by insisting on their reality. [/QUOTE]

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