http://forums.catholic.com/showpost.php?p=4495378&postcount=3Christ and Buddha
Originally Posted by LDNCatholic
Define ”valid teachings” please.As for the final destination of Siddartha Gautama, it is for God alone to decide, and as he was born before Jesus came to Earth it is difficult to speculate.
Hi
Welcome here.
The ranking of Buddha and Jesus is to be decided by God Allah.
As for status: Buddha, Krishna,Abraham, Zoroaster, Socrates, Moses and Jesus etc is the same. They are truthful Messengers Prophets of God Allah Parmeshar YHWH; He selected them for His profound love and revealed unto them Word from Him.
They are all the fruits or flowers of the humanity; and we must respect and love them all. This is in short the teachings of Quran, and I will rejoice in explaining more.
I love Jesus and Mary as I do love Buddha and Krishna.
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
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February 3, 2009 at 7:46 am |
I am a peaceful Christian and I appreciate your serious honesty.
I have a question for you … why would Jesus be mentioned alongside and equal with Buddha? I have never heard of Buddha being mentioned in either the Jewish Bible or the Christian Bible?
And where then does Mohamed fit in?
February 3, 2009 at 10:13 am |
Hi
We Ahmadi peaceful Muslim believe that Buddha was also a Messenger of GodAllahYHWH like , Moses, Krishna,Zoroaster, Socrates and Jesus. If it is mentioned that he was born of a Virgin, I don’t have any objection to it.
We Muslims don’t believe of any original sin. Anyone born of a woman is without sin or innocent; it is the actions when one gains maturity that make one bad or good.
We Ahmadi peaceful Muslims believe that every revealed Religion was truthful in origin and their religious heroes who received Revelation from God were truthful Messengers of GodAllahYHWH.
God cared for every people.
Jewish Bible or Christian Bible do not mention of many Messengers of other nation as they were limited for the guidance of the Jewish people only.
I love Jesus and Mary
Thanks
February 4, 2009 at 2:31 pm |
Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; (his Father and our Father, YHWH) trust also in me.” -John 14:1 (Christian Bible)
Jesus also said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6 (Christian Bible)
Jesus gave us only two commandments … Love God (YHWH) and love your neighbor.
There is a ‘Prince of this world’ who comes ‘to kill, steal and destroy’ and parades as an ‘angel of light’ but he is really the prince of darkness and confuses people into believing that all religions lead to God (YHWY) and that all religions are pleasing to God. But God (YHWH) has declared that there are no gods but Him and besides Him there is no other.
Allah is not just another name for YHWH and Krishna is not just another name for YHWH. The one true God has only one name, YHWH, and because of Jesus we may call Him Father.
There is a saying that if you don’t stand for something, (God YHWH and His Son, Jesus) you will fall for everything. I know you are sincere but you have to be careful that you follow the true God, YHWH and His Son, Jesus Christ.
I propose to you that you consider rethinking your philosophy of belief in all those so called ‘messengers’ because they are messengers of confusion and darkness while only Jesus is the messenger of light representing the true and one and only God, YHWH.
May the Lord bless and keep you as you love people and show them God’s salvation. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with your spirit.
February 4, 2009 at 3:18 pm |
Hi
I think you are wrong. How could GodAllahYHWH have a physical son when he had not wed any woman. It might be symbolical as per the usage of OTBible . Kindly search for Son of God in your OTBible and then you would understand my point.
It started with Paul’s clever misunderstanding.
I love Jesus and Mary as I do love Buddha and Krishna.
Thanks
February 4, 2009 at 8:46 pm |
Hello, again … first, the prophet Isaiah (messenger?) repeatedly proclaims that there is but one God (chapters 43, 44, 45, 48) and chapter 50 of Isaiah speaks, foretells, of Jesus the ’suffering Servant’ and John, recorded in the Christian Bible identifies Jesus as God’s only begotten Son (John 3:16-21).
In Deuteronomy 5 God, YHWH, declares, ‘You shall have no other gods before me.’
Second, Jesus was born of a woman, (as foretold) to the virgin Mary, the wife of Joseph of the lineage of king David, of the lineage of Abraham, through the power of God’s holy spirit.
Jesus called Himself the Son of Man but admitted to being the Son of God. He proved his divineness by the miracles He performed and He passed on the abilities to do miracles to His followers. – Mark 16 and Acts of the Apostles. Performing miracles, (healings and evil spirit cleansings) for the good of mankind in general and for individuals in particular, is good proof that God is pleased with the people who believe in Him. -Hebrews 11:1-6
There is the spirit of God upon the earth whose job it is to convict unbelievers of their sin, and their need to turn and believe in God, and to counsel and comfort those who already believe.
Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” -John 8:32 also see Hebrews 12:1-2
Which other religion but the one of God (YHWH) and His Son, Jesus Christ, actually brings freedom, rather than an insistence on following a set of rules which mostly cannot be kept?
Anyway, all this is not meant to persuade you of anything , simply to let you know what I believe and am certainly convinced of.
I agree with you that Paul can be a confusing fellow but Jesus is not confusing. His message is very simple – the kingdom of God is near … grab it – and I choose to follow Him, unto the glory of God the Father.
I wish you well, my friend. Continue to seek after the truth, and it will set you free!
February 5, 2009 at 2:46 am |
wellwateredgarden Says:
Paarsurrey says:
Firstly Jesus was used to speak in parables; by Son of God he meant the loved one of God. He did not mean it physically.
Secondly Isaiah did not name any JesusGod in his quote. Christians are perhaps used to seeing in the passages which is never there in a straightforward manner. Please don’t mind.
May God bless you friend!
I love Jesus
Thanks
February 5, 2009 at 5:17 am |
Paarsurrey … do you believe in life after earthly death? And for what purpose?
It seems to be built into humans to need to recognize a Higher Being. To worship someone. Christians claim to have a ‘relationship’ with God because of Jesus and through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. Do you believe anything like this?
Or, what is your purpose or reason for ‘loving’ all the ‘messengers’?
Give me some idea where you are coming from and what the advantages are for you?
Warm regards …
February 5, 2009 at 11:51 am |
wellwateredgarden Says:
Paarsurrey says:
It is for peace and to promote peace in the World. If God could take care of Jews by sending Moses to Egypt; for love of humans beings living in India and China, he could send Krishna and Buddha. We cannot select one for the other. It is GodAllahYHWH’s prerogative and justice that he sent perfect human beings like Moses, Krishna, Zoroaster for the guidance of their people.
I love Jesus and Mary as I do love Buddha and Krishna
Thanks
February 5, 2009 at 3:23 pm |
Paarsurrey,
Moses was not a perfect human being. Among other things, he was a murderer, he was not a willing deliverer of the Jewish people from Egypt. God would not even let him into the Promised Land.
Was Moses raised from the dead? Was Krishna raised from the dead? Was Zoroaster raised from the dead?
Jesus was raised from the dead to prove that God accepted His life and death as atonement for human sin. Who else did God raise from death and then accepted him bodily into heaven?
Was Mohammed raised from the dead? Did he do miracles? Do his followers do miracles?
I agree with promoting peace in the hearts of men and in the world but truth must be promoted also and the ‘right’ Savior has to be recognized or it is all futile.
I thank you for kindly considering these questions. May the Lord’s peace be with you and your family.
February 6, 2009 at 7:13 am |
Hi
May GodAllahYHWH bless you!
Would you kindly explain as to why the CatholicsProtestants are ready to forgive Paul for his animosity towards Jesus and his followers; yet an incident that occurred due to a mistake by Moses, they call him a murderer.
Why according to peaceful Catholics, Jesus selected a murderer Paul with his clever vision to make him a hero of the Catholics?
What would a murderer train the people for?
Was it a mistake on the part of Catholic-Jesus-God or the Catholic- Jesus-the-perfect-man?
Kindly let Jesus remain a perfect man at least. To me, Jesus was never a god.
I love Jesus and would defend him against Paul’s clever scheming.
This is discussion is only in search of truth; everyone has the right to differ with me with sound arguments, no compulsion.
Thanks