but you worship a cross, so isn't that just as materialistic?
2006-09-17 09:55:11 · 9 answers · asked by valkyrie hero 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know, i've been both buddhist and christian at a time, but to people who do believe Buddhists worship a statue.
(I've even been in a buddhist chant, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo)
2006-09-17 09:58:06 · update #1
lol thats really hilarious. when people speak about something that they dont understand, it amuses me.
2006-09-17 10:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, Christians and Buddhists treat the statue and cross very similarly. Christians hold the cross as a symbol of Christ and his teachings and the gateway to heaven, but they don't worship it per se. Buddhists similarly look to the statue of Buddha as a symbol of self-enlightenment and Nirvana, which they hope to achieve. But they don't worship it either. Christians who spout about Buddhists being against God don't know what Buddhism really is, much less what they're talking about.
2006-09-17 16:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by fiveshiftone 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First of all Buddists don't worship budda he is their spiriual guide in their lives. But if you wanna get technical everyone who has a religion of of some sort worships a statue because otherwise the real person would have to be right in front of them whenever they prayed.
2006-09-17 17:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by bea1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You'll also here a lot of Christians claim the Muslims worship a "moon God" or that Catholics worship The Virgin Mary.....
You hear a lot from people who really don't know what they're talking about.
Eh..
2006-09-17 16:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have seen catholics worship statues of Mary, and they pray to various so called saints. The bible does not tell them this
2006-09-17 17:42:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and I am a Christian
Jesus Christ to the one to worship, not the cross he was crucified on, not his mother Mary, not a picture of him, not a christimas tree with gift for ourselfs, ect..
2006-09-17 16:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christains do not worship the cross that just represnts what Jesus had done for us. It reprents what he went through for us.
2006-09-17 16:59:48 · answer #7 · answered by knowssignlanguage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christians worship Jesus, which is just as bad
2006-09-17 16:57:22 · answer #8 · answered by abdulaziiz 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You're wrong on both counts!
2006-09-17 16:57:07 · answer #9 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋