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Originally Posted by RayVega
Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion.
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LOL m'kay
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
# 6 religion in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions
http://www.uiowa.edu/~religion/majpros.html
listed under Asian religions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/origtime.htm
Sorry man, but it's a religion.
But my point was really, that some people choose to follow the "philosopy" and teachings of Christ, others Mohamed, others Oprah
I personally don't believe in organized religion. However, I don't see anything wrong with following the teachings of "prophets" and/or philosophers.
There's some good advice that you can find throughout various texts...but why shit on what teachings others follow...when there are holes just as big as the ones you follow.
You do know how Buddha was conceived right?
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There are several different stories surrounding the way that the Buddha was concieved and of his actual birth. Maybe the most popular is the one that tells of his mother, Mahamaya, having a dream that a white elephant entered into the side of her body; The local seers (Brahmins) concluded considering the fact that elephants were believed to be a symbol of Royalty, that this seemed to indicate that the child would turn out to be either a great emperor or saint.
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http://www.dharmathai.com/lifeofbuddha/index.html
Here are some paintings and carvings commemorating the event:
Don't just hate on people who believe different than you, just because you want to feel superior.
You're bagging on someone's belief in a magical being who's son was born of a virgin, yet you follow the beliefs of what you did not know was a religion, who's principal prophet was the product of a magical birth too..LOL