Are you anti-Buddha?

Question

From another post, many christians said that if one does not believe in christ they are by default anti-christ (i.e. against christ and his teachings).

Outside of the fact that this is a logical fallacy (False Dillema), it would also imply that christians are against tollerance, love, and respect.

1.) No christian believes in Buddha, making them anti-Buddha.
2.) Buddha preached love, tollerance, respect, etc.
3.) Therefore all christians are anti-love, tolerance, respect.

Would anyone agree with that?

Remember everyone this is a logical falacy. It should be apparent to anyone with a modicum of intelligence that this argument does NOT hold up.

The only point of this post is to show the flawed logic of some theists.

Answer 1

Hahahaha. Well I don't agree with either. If you don't believe in Christ, you are not anti-Christ. If you don't believe in Buddha, that doesn't mean you don't share some beliefs.

Answer 2

I have to not agree with that at all, cept #2. I believe in Christ sure I can't say he was God or the son of, I believe in Buddha and his teachings. I can not call myself a Buddhist or by any other religion I believe that one who is enlightened can not see him self as a label might make him appear and would not want others to perceive that sort of falsehood

Answer 3

ok, so because you requested. there are a large style of issues incorrect with this actuality, and that i will interrupt them down or you. one million. how the heck does one ludicrous actuality instruct the prevalence/inferiority of two complicated perception platforms that both bypass previous any unmarried perception? 2. convinced, the Bible is in basic terms as violent and admittedly embarrassing because the Qu'ran. even if, by skill of putting ahead this, you've easily shot a hollow on your own argument (see # 4). 3. The Anti-Christ isn't easily a acknowledged make certain interior the Bible. There are figures which could be interpreted to be a approach of "anti-Christ" even if that is more suitable of a caution of pretend prophets and devious people than of a unmarried make certain to counter Christ. 4. If Christianity and Islam are in basic terms as violent as one yet another, how are you getting that Christianity is the most primitive and violent faith? You contradict your self on your own argument. 5. there are thousands of sturdy arguments antagonistic to Christianity. i'm a Christian, and that i ought to record about ten sturdy arguments antagonistic to my own faith off the coolest of my head. You heavily won't be able to arise with another than this recommendations-numbing and inarticulate rant?

Answer 4

I think Buddha is a litttle too 'busy', right now, to worry about whether anybody believes in him or not, if you get my drift.

As far as Jesus' words go, it seems like you have only a few basic choices. You can agree with Him, disagree with Him or try to claim that they are not His own words, but then you'd have to support that statement.

I think what Jesus meant is that those who don't believe in Him will ultimately be shown to be anti-Christian, not evidently anti-Christian now.

You do realize, don't you...? that the the phrase 'anti-Christian' does not refer to followers or believers in Christ, but to Christ Himself.

If you believe that there was no Christ at all, then you are, by definition, anti-Christian. If you believe that Jesus was not the right Christ, not the one that was promised, then you are, by definition, anti-Christian.

But to say "I should not be called 'anti-Christian' because I think that if Jesus was alive here and now, that He would approve of me more than he would approve of these others" is to, at least, believe that Jesus existed.

As to what else you believe concerning Him, if you don't think He existed, why get angry at the figment of someone else's imagination? If there's no God, what difference does it make, if lots of people believe that there is?

You don't suppose, do you, that if there is no God, that once Christians are dead that they will pick themselves up (somewhere) look around (somewhere) and say, "Shucks, darn! I could have been sinning my whole life, and I missed out on it!"

Or, let us suppose that people suffer with the belief that God will punish them. If there isn't really any God, what does it matter, once they are dead? If you are really concerned about them not suffering, kill them now! That is the ONLY way to stop their suffering.

Or, let us suppose that people would come up with wonderful new cures for diseases, supplies of rare materials, solutions to poverty, solutions to crime and war and all that, if only they didn't believe in God. After they are dead, what would it matter...?

Everybody eventually dies. After everybody who is now alive is dead, what would any of it matter? After everybody who ever benefits from those new cures, etc., dies, what will it matter, that some people were 'smart enough' not to believe in God...?

If we could make ourselves live for billions of years, flaming with power and light, what would it matter, once we died?

It is estimated that there are about ten to the 80th power particles in the universe. The universe is not infinite. We know infinity only as a mathematical concept, not as a physical quantity.

The only physical thing we know which is infinite is death.

Who thinks they are going to be around someday, saying "Stupid believers! See how far it got them?"

Answer 5

As a Christian I look on Buddah as Muslims and Jews look on Jesus of Nazareth, a great prophet and wonderful spiritual teacher and leader. But I do not believe in his supposed Godliness just as Islam and Judaism do not believe in Christ's.

If everyone lived life as either Jesus OR Buddah told them to then we would have peace on Earth.

Answer 6

I'm sure Buddha probably did exist, and he had some very interesting teachings, probably even holy teachings, but he never said to anyone to make statues of him and worship him.

Answer 7

I do not believe that there is a tenet in any religion that disavows acknowledgement of the wonderful men and women who have appeared to humankind to learn love, respect and honor. Whether you choose to believe one or another of them, they all preach the same thing!!

Answer 8

Buddha was a regular dude, not God. And the first commandment says not to worship any other gods or idols,i.e. Buddha shrine,etc.

Answer 9

This is a good arguement. And while Bhuddism makes room for Jesus, Christianity doesn't make room for Bhudda.

I would agree with you.

Also Bhuddism is older than Christianity.

Answer 10

So I see you've figured christians out. But I don't see what that has to do with me and Buddha or fish and bicycles.