Buddhism

[Skull]

Actually, that is NOT what I said at all but, like I said, you are free to believe whatever nonsense you like. As for me, I will still go with what God says in His word.

Then I have no idea what all those "won't make any difference when you die"  clauses mean.

[RV]

Then I have no idea what all those "won't make any difference when you die"  clauses mean.

Is your "god" Buddha?

Was Buddha completely human?

Did Buddha die?

Can Buddha "save" you?

Can Buddha give you eternal life?

Does Buddha decide who goes to heaven?

Is Buddha God's ONE and ONLY Son?

The "clauses" you commented about are not "clauses" at all. They are statements, factual statements that are proven, tested and true. The Bible has been proven time and time again and is even proven through archeological evidence, witnesses and "science" but, there are those who will ignore that evidence.

[ModelCitizen]

Probably little interest, even hostility to Buddhism here.  Yet, I will post a little about it.  The Dhammapada is only one among several thousands of Buddha's teachings, but it is better known than most.  So here is how it begins:

Mara is the Evil One, the personification of the forces antagonistic to enlightenment.

Thanks for posting.

I'm a fan of the Eastern religions, specifically Hinduism of the Advaita variety.

Buddism is a spinoff of Hinduism, from my understanding.

[Skull]

Thanks for posting.

I'm a fan of the Eastern religions, specifically Hinduism of the Advaita variety.

Buddhism is a spinoff of Hinduism, from my understanding.

That is what many Hindus think. But the most recent Buddha (of many) was a non-Vedic teacher. All previous buddhas were before the Vedas, which are the basis of Brahmanism or Hinduism. As Peter Harvey writes in his Introduction to Buddhism (page 11):

The ideas expressed in the Upanishads were starting to filter out into the wider intellectual community and were being hotly debated, both by Brahmins and by Samanas (Skt Śramanas), wandering 'renunciant' thinkers who were somewhat akin to the early Greek philosophers and mystics. The Samanas rejected the Vedic tradition and wandered free of family ties, living by alms, in order to think, debate and investigate....

In its origin, Buddhism was a Samana-movement. Its description and assessment of the other Samana groups are contained in the Sāmaññaphala Sutta. One of the major Samana groups comprised the Jains.

[Skull]

Some more verses spoken by Buddha in the Udanavarga:

4. To one who is being burnt by vice & sorrow, what joy can there be, what subject of rejoicing? Ye who dwell in the midst of ignorant darkness, why seek ye not a light ?

5. Those gray bones will be thrown away and scattered in every direction; what pleasure is there in looking at them ?

6. One who has heretofore been subject to the misery of birth from the womb may go to the highest place and come no more back again (into the world).