“As for me, I desire life and life more abundantly. Not absence of desire, which to me sounds like death.”
Personal desire isn’t a good way to determine what is true.
That's true.
But surely life is preferable to death. Buddists offer death. Jesus offers life.
If you choose Buddism you die even if you are right. If you reject Buddism and it's right, you are reborn and have to suffer through another life.
If you choose Jesus, you live more abundantly in this life. And if you are right, you live forever. Reject Jesus and you're wrong, then you die the second death, which is what the buddist was hoping for all along.
There is no doubt in my mind.l But just saying, logic points you to Jesus.
But let's get back to desire. Man's heart has evil in it, which is why we are not to trust our own desires.
Judeo-Christianity sets a standard to align our desires with that is far higher than any other religion. We're called to love God and to love our fellow man. Buddism's standard is to get rid of hatred, but that is not love. In fact, if I understand buddist's standard correctly, love would result in desire and the Buddist thinks that is something to be avoided. Jesus tells us to embrace love not avoid it.