It is interesting to ask Buddhist about book of another
religion! Comparatively,how lay Buddhist read that much about
Buddhist scriptures, let alone, the bible?!
The basis of Buddhist faith is eradication of suffering, and
that suffering is due to delusions arising from ignorance. To be
"enlightened", simply put, is to understand.
Practice consist primary of settling one mind and stilling it,
gaining better focus and concentration. With the sharpened mind
investigate. To investigate, verify, and personal experiencing of
awareness of.Added benefit is a certain groundedness,
higher EQ, less unhappy, some faster, some slower.
Back to the bible, the basis of belief cannot be verified,
therefore constitute hearsay. Certain facts herein are just what
they are,certain facts, They cannot construed to be the whole
truth, or wisdom.
One issue I have with monotheism, is that it should be all
inclusive, but it is not. The problem is; because is the belief in
god is true,there good and right. Not believing in god is there
false, bad and wrong.
In the name of the christian god alone, how many people are
victimised in the inquisiton, Harlem witchhunts. Forcible
conversion and colonizesation of indigenious peoples of Africa,
Americas and Asia. In the name of god justifies anything.
If you do not believe or obey god's words, you will destroyed.
Destruction mentioned is the bible is usually wholesale
obliteration of cities and tribes, done in anger. Now, if god is
just a patron deity of a certain tribes or people, it is
understandable .
But god is love, father of all, and just you because you do not
believe and obey, you will receive your father wrath and
punishment. There may be fathers who would do that with their
children, but do you believe is right? Man behaving is flawed, but
what about GOD, who is LOVE ?
Another question, what constitute death? When you die, the
entity known or labelled you no longer exist. There was story of
woman asking Buddha to revive her son, in which the Buddha
requested the woman to get him a cup of mustard seeds for a family
which experience no death. When you die, that's it. So either you
die or you do not die. One may recover from a coma, but no one
comes back from death.