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BS,
I don't believe Buddah ever called himself God. Certainly much has been attributed to him through the years to make him appear as God, but the Nirvana theology is that salvation comes through self works, where Jesus said salvation came through His work, because our work just wasn't good enough.
Of course that road to salvation doesn't seem hard enough for many to accept, so we pursue other "means" to salvation, namely "helping" God out with our good deeds thinking they will then get us "closer" to heaven.
It flies in the face of human nature, yes. We all aspire to be self made people, but in the end, it is the Creator who completes the creation. Of course that initself is working on a presupposition that I realize we don't share. Ah, presuppositions. I feel mine are reasoned ones, thus I keep them until shown compelling evidence otherwise. Buddah apparently doing parallel things does not compell me to disregard the claims or reality of Jesus.
scottinalaska
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All men die, few live. This little hobby of fighting tyranny is driving my wife nuts.
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