Then that makes Buddishm incompatible with Christianity. At the heart of Christianity lies the greatest desire of all, the desire for God. And this desire requires the greatest concentration. That concentration is the purpose of Lent, the liturgical season that western Christians begin tomorrow.
A person is perfectly entitled to be a Buddhist if he so chooses. But what he cannot pretend, without engaging in a great illusion, that Buddhism is compatible with Christianity. Buddhists and Christians may live in peace with one another, but they can never live in the same world.
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Then that makes Buddhism incompatible with Christianity. At the heart of Christianity lies the greatest desire of all, the desire for God. And this desire requires the greatest concentration. That concentration is the purpose of Lent, the liturgical season that western Christians begin tomorrow.
What lies at the heart of Christianity is the peace of knowing Jesus has given us full and unimpeded access to the Father without requiring a priesthood, rituals, good works, or anything other than accepting the free gift of salvation. This is not in the least incompatible with the Eightfold Path, and in fact compliments it perfectly.
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html
You said:
A person is perfectly entitled to be a Buddhist if he so chooses. But what he cannot pretend, without engaging in a great illusion, that Buddhism is compatible with Christianity. Buddhists and Christians may live in peace with one another, but they can never live in the same world.
How ironic. A Buddhist would say that Buddhists and Christians live in the same world, and it is reasonable and correct for them to live in peace. It is only those poor souls who damn themselves with self-inflicted blind obedience to pointless, narrow traditions of men that make peaceful co-existence a challenge instead of the status quo.