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Buddism does not coincide with Christianity? or does it. is BUddha not in the BIBLE. why would buddha be in the bible if it has nothing to do with christianty. BUDDHA MADE it to the third heaven and here is paul explaing how he cant boast compared to the super apostle a servent of CHRIST

2 Corinthians 12 (messages)
Paul's Vision and His Thorn
    1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. 5I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.

do u not understand the end of times is near so all the deep secerts will be reaveled even if its not known in the church community. Buddha is the only person recorded in the world that made it to the third heaven hes far from a false prophet and we know this because they belive in the second coming of  christ if buddha was false then they would not belive in the second coming all the majoy religions that embrace the second coming christ, in my book thus are servant of jesus.
 

see Buddha is a servant of JESUS because JESUS is the LORD.
also if it was not for the musilim religion christans would be worshipping icons of jesus pictures. thats why we were losing in the beging of the crusades, untill christians got ride of their icons.

 My friend. Buddah is not in the Bible.
That verse says this person was caught up "fourteen years ago" Buddah was born in 560 B.C. so it certainly was not Buddah. Buddah was a false prophet.

 Paul was actually speaking of himself. He was the person who was caught up. If you read through the verses you will understand that he was doing every thing he could to relate this experience without bringing glory to himself. That's the whole lesson from these verses. Not to boast...

 Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities: Paul is essentially saying that this “nameless” man who had the vision really had something to boast about.  But “Paul himself” really could only boast in his infirmities, which was exactly what he did in 2 Corinthians 11:23-30.

 I Thought I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool: Again, Paul is sharply – and humorously – contrasting himself with the “super apostles” among the Corinthian Christians.  They would not hesitate to boast about the kind of vision Paul had.  In fact, they would write books, make tapes and videos, and go on speaking tours about such a vision!  And if they did, each of them would be a fool.  Paul will not be a fool, so he will not boast in this vision.

 Hope this helps you out my friend.

Amen brother, sing it out loud! toolpc, my prayers, are going out for you. That you may learn the word of Christ.

Praise his nam, for only is Christ worthy.
Bob

2 Chronicles 29:28 And all the congregation worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

Bronzesnake,
I like the wisdom in your answer.
I love the humble in your words.

Never change in that regard.
All that happens is for His glory and not our own.

I wonder if all the "Super preachers" today ever get this message? Probably not.  :-[

toolapc,

Are you the return of a banned person who used the name GalacticHuman? If so, the same rules that got you banned then still apply.

Buddha was an inanimate rock and has nothing to do with our Living Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Buddha is not an allowed topic here because this is a Christian forum. So, let me be clear that any teaching here about Buddha will be deleted and you will be warned. Further attempts after your warning will result in you being banned.

Muslims deny that Jesus Christ is God, and they consider him to be subordinate to Mohamed. Again, this is a Christian forum, and the teachings of Islam are not permitted here. See the above paragraph about warnings and being banned for putting material like this on Christians Unite. The same would apply to links that contain such material.

Buddhism and Islam are anti-Christ, and they have no connection at all to Christianity. Further, there is no mixture or comparison between them and Christianity. So, they are prohibited topics here. They are in fact anti-Christ and anti-Christian, and this is a Christian Family Forum completely devoted to the love of Jesus Christ, VERY GOD, as Lord and Saviour. You are welcome to ask questions about becoming a Christian here, but you are not welcome to preach Islam, Buddhism, or any other religion that denies Jesus Christ is God. Please read the forum rules and obey them. Please consider this a warning

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 Thank you Dreamweaver and Forhisglory.

I suggest a good read would be "The Case for Christ" I believe it discusses things similar to this if not directly. I am still reading it when I have time. It is very helpful.

Could the person he is talking about be John? He did right revelations. Were he described in detail what would come in the end times. John does say there are some things that would be impossible to describe?

Impossible. Paul says it happened 14 years prior.
Paul was speaking of himself.

Amen, Bronze, 2Cor 12: 6 & 7 clearly state that he was talking of himself.

I think that this is more talking about Christ and not about Bhuddah. Christ was picked up by clouds when he went back up to heaven. I Paul was just describing Jesus.

Paul was not talking about Jesus. Paul says "I know a man in Christ"

Again, Paul was talking about his own journey to Heaven fourteen years earlier.

When reading the bible you have to read it as a whole
 the bible clearly reminds us to be careful and not follow into false doctrines and teachings. I posted some scripture that might be of some help to you and your questions.

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father but by me." John 14:6.

Revelation 20:15 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

   
15If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.



Joshua 24:15
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."



Romans 14:11 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

   
11It is written:
   " 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord,
   'every knee will bow before me;
      every tongue will confess to God.' "[a]

Philippians 2:11 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

   

    11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
      to the glory of God the Father.


2 Kings 17:12
They worshiped idols, though the LORD had said, "You shall not do this."

Exodus 20-'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

1 Thessalonians 5:21: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.''

"2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths." (2 Timothy 4:2-4 NASB)



Looking at Matthew 7:15-23, we find Jesus gives us the guideline for determining false teachings and false prophets:

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Hope this helps

here is another verse I found about false guidances

Leviticus 20:6
As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people

Question - did I read that right? Buddha was an inanimate rock? I thought he was a person in India? am I making an error here by asking this? I don't want to go against the rules but I do want to know the truth- thank you, and if this is breaking the rules please just let me know, I'm new here! thanks!

The word Buddha means awakened or to be awake to the world. There are many men that were called Buddha the first being Siddhartha Gotama who lived in India around 2500 years ago.  What he was referring to above is the statue that is also known as Buddha and is worshipped by most Buddhist.

thank you, that clears it up completely. Only I wish he'd said "staue of Buddha" not "Buddha" but then again, I didn't understand any of toolapc's post, so I was confused to start out with.

TWalker,

How else could you read it? Buddha was and is an inanimate rock. Maybe I can help you a little more:

Inanimate = Non-Moving
Rock = Not Living

You can probably find thousands of pictures on the Internet if you're not familiar with this term. They come in various sizes, colors, and materials. It's used for idol worship. Use any search engine for additional details. If you use Google, you can click for a picture and actually see one.

 ::)

This is a Christian forum, so you will never see a picture of Buddha here. Further, you won't be seeing any posts here regarding the defense or promotion of Buddhism or any other false religion that is contrary to the teachings of the Holy Bible. Read the forum rules for more detailed information.

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You can't be a servant of Christ if you are being worshiped.  There is only one God.  Buddha does not glorify God so there for he cannot be a servant of Christ.

The last time I saw Buddah, he wasn't in the bible. He was in red marble and in the corner of my favorite Chinese restaurant. The sign said to rub his belly. I passed on the suggestion.

God Bless,
Kelly

Buddhism, simply put, is white witchcraft.  They see themselves as potential gods, or wrather, enlightened beings, which they see as higher than gods.  (in buddhism, gods are seen as a bunch of lazy, partying beach bumbs, mindlessly existing.)  According to the Dalai lama, in the foreward to the book, "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying", written by buddhist master Sogyal Rinpoche,  Buddhism is nothing more than practicing to die (meditation) so one can encounter the terror of dying with a peace of mind sufficient to gain good karma, and thereby be reincarnated to a higher level of existence in his next life, untill enlightenment is attained.  On page 116-117, Rinpoche claimes that a god is the result of negative karma--a lesser life form than human.  Buddhists invite demonic possesion, and see the "release of the buddah inside us all" as freedom from any and all desire.  They appeal to ancient "wisdom" and tradition as a proof of truth--yet noone has ever come back from the dead to verify that buddhism is true.  In the Bible, in Christianity, we see exactly that happen.  God proved the Savior, Jesus, was the Messiah, by raising Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)

There is no room for Jesus in the Buddhist tradition.  They believe blindly, that each individual person is responsible for his own salvation from the cycle of reincarnation, to the state of being of "enlightenment".  (p. 61)  Like all cults (spelled occult) we see today, they emphasize believing the teachings of tradition blindly, and absolutely, with no other reason than the ancient ones believed it.

The closest that buddhists get to Jesus, is to deny everything about Him, but that He existed, and taught good things.

The statue of Buddha is not worshipped as an idol as we think about Idol worship.  It is viewed as an icon, to help the medditator focus and release the power of his imagination, (witchcraft) as the Buddha did. The understanding is not that the statue or the man it represents will help them, but that they can help themselves by following his example. ( The Mormon & JW "Jesus")  They believe the buddha is allready within them (the meditator) and it only needs to be released, through focusing their mind.  The "idol" is not the statue or picture of the Buddha.  The idol of the buddhist is himself.

We see this same philosophy today in mainstream media with montras like, "If you believe it, you can achieve it" , and, "...if you want it bad enough", and on page 41, & 96 of the Satanic Bible, by Anton Szandor LaVey

HI. These two statements could not be more true today.

The last time I saw Buddha, he was an overweight Sgt. (E4) handling personal equipment in my Air Force sqadron in Thailand. His real name was Larry Fields but everybody called him Buddha because of the physical similarity between Larry and a statue at the local temple.

:D :D

I think I may know that Buddha.   ;D ;D ;D ;D

The humor I see in that, is the statue is of an obese man.  Buddhism condemns obesity as gluttony,  bad karma.

In every occult religion I've seen so far, Jesus allways finds a way to illustrate the lie in it, so that, "... men are without excuse..."  (Rom 1:20)

the greek that Paul used is the equivalent to our third person point of view. Kinda like a flashback of something someone has experienced. Buddhism and Taoism as well as Hinduism all talk about transcendance to a higher plane of existance. Paul was speaking about himself in 2 Cor. My old prof and I had a nice discussion about this passage when I was in bible college. He explained to me that the evidence in the syntax of the greek suggested that paul was in fact speaking of himself. When humans undergo periods of extreme trauma or infliction of pain, things happen in the mind that could cause a human to see a vision or something of that nature. Paul could have had one of these visions (induced by God) or he could very well have been dead for a short period of time. It's hard to say with 100% accuracy which is the case seeing as this point in Paul's ministry he was nearing the end of his life in prison...so i don't think we'll ever get a straight 110% answer as to what Paul was going through unless we have historical documents or a written account of Paul's day by day sufferings from another source. Paul did suffer alot, however, we don't know th exact thoughts and we can't really see exactly verbatum what Paul saw since we don't have Paul's eyes. But no, Buddism isn't in the Bible. The only religions that are mentioned in the bible are that of the occult (witchcraft), hedonism, the greek form of idol worship, and nature worship..i could be forgetting a few, but i'm pretty sure those are the major ones. Anyways, just a few thoughts.

Joshua

Buddha does get mentioned in the Bible in a generic sort of way.


1Jo 5:20  And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1Jo 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.


Rev 9:20  And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

You're right in a generic sort of way. In any case it's a bad thing any way you go about it lol.

Joshua

Jesus answered your question in John 10:8
all before Him were thieves and robbers
that includes buddha

Doesn't Buddaism believe in reincarnation ?
If you don't get it right in this lifetime you can try again in the next.
What a bunch of phooey!!!

Scripture tells us that 1st we die and then comes the judgement.

Reincarnation is just man's way of trying to convince himself that he's not on his way to hell.
If reincarnation were truth the there would be no need of a savior. But we need a savior. We need Christ. He is the only true way to salvation. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Any other door is a deception no matter how good it makes us feel.
Pray that God's Merciful Hand would fall upon all Buddist and that their eyes would be opened to the Truth and Grace of God and that they would be saved.
Afterall, He died for them, too.

Amen.

And another AMEN!

My apologies for not seeing this sooner....

Buddhists, however, are not the anti-Christ...they don't believe in Christ as anything more than a good and great person.  That does not make them anti-...

In God's own words:

Mat 12:30  He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

That makes Buddism anti-Christ. The teachings of Buddism is against the teachings of God and therefore will not be supported on this forum.

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Would this not also be true of the Pope?

Only if he accepts being worshipped

Good Answer!
 From what I have seen, He does.

Maybe but that is another topic

I agree. I really wasn't trying to hijack the thread or get an argument going.;)

I was thinking about this thread. You know, in a way Buddha can be considered a servant of Christ. Him and a whole slew of other fellers are serving to fulfill prophecies aren't they?

2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

From what I understand,Buddhism is a state of mind,it doesn't really believe in a God(as we do).They believe in Reincarnation & karma. If you a good life & good state of mind that you will go to a higher & higher & higher level of existence, I guess 'til you reach the 3rd heaven.




                                 Yours in Yeshua,
                                 Curious

That is only partly true.
Although you will find little in the way of making Buddha (any of them) out to be gods.  Buddhism is a religious cult of self.  It has a focus strictly of self.  However upon reaching "enlightenment" one would become godlike.  Which is odd in that they do not believe in gods, but yet believe one can become godlike.

There are sects of Buddhism however that have elevated the Buddas to a godlike status and do worship them as gods.  This is however minor in comparison.  ANd yes we watch tv and see the monks in yellow and such and we say they are worshipping that idol of Buddha...they will tell us that it is not the worship of the idol, but a reflection of self awareness and spiritual reflection.  It is not to whom they put the incense before but the act of doing it help them become more aware....

Yeah right. 

You want to see what a real religion is focused on?  There is a radio host that is on a nationally syndicated morning radio show...maybe you had heard of the show "Rick and Bubba"  Well just over a week ago Rick lost his 2 year old boy.  He drowned in their swimming pool in a tragic accident.  Rick was speaking at a conference and was out of town.  When he heard the news he was faced with the decision to go home or stay at the conference.  Most of us would have packed up and headed home.  But Rick looked at his friend who was doing the conference with him.  And told him that if he goes home right now he will grieve the loss of his son, but there are thousands of people in that audience right now that are lost.  He stayed at that conference and there was reports of 100's of people coming to know Christ and receiving the gift of eternal salvation.  Even during his son's funeral services Rick got up and spoke about how his son is with a father that loves him more than even he ever could, and that his little boy is doing more to win souls for Christ right now than he ever could before.    Rick knows he will see his son again, and he could not be happier that he is in the arms of someone who loves him more than he ever could.  So that while Jesus is there preparing a place for us, we can be about His business, we can be reaching the lost and dieing.  Jesus said if you love me, keep my commandments, and His commandments were to spread the gospel from one end of the world to the other.  If we are not doing that, then we must not love Him enough. 

I do what I can to spread the word and it is not out of some self centered goal to gain enlightenment, I have all the enlightenment I need from the Bible.  But I do it because I love my father and want to see more people share in His love.

Amen! There is more than one way for a person to lay down their life for others.

Anyone or Any Religion that Denies that Jesus is the Son of God, "IS ANTICHRIST"!
AND I Mean ANYONE!!!(Sorry, I'm an old Marine/Soldier of God & this makes me Lock & Load)
To say that their is another name that you can enter the Kingdom of God by, IS calling God a Liar!
He say's there is But one Name Given in Heaven & on Earth that a man can be saved By...
And it Ain't Buddha, Muhhamad,Krishna,Harry Potter or ANY other Name you can come up with! >:(

Children of God Hear what our Lord says:
I AM THE WAY The Truth and the Life AND NO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHER,
BUT, BY ME!.... PERIOD!!!!

This isn't an argueable TOPIC with me!

Amen Littleboy!

Worshippers of false gods (little "g") will realize their final destination one day, and it will be too late. There appears to be more false gods by the day now, especially considering that many men have decided to worship themselves. Humanism appears to be popping up everywhere and even taking over many so-called churches. I'm sure that the devil is well-pleased with Humanism and other false religions. What the devil can't stand is the GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CROSS. THIS GOOD NEWS is still the most POWERFUL MESSAGE on earth! The devil suffered a horrible DEFEAT at the CROSS OF JESUS! JESUS CHRIST made the perfect sacrifice and provided the ONLY WAY to be rescued from the curse of sin and death.


1:  Romans 3:10 NASB  as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."

2:  Romans 3:23  NASB  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

3:  Romans 5:12  NASB  Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--

4:  Romans 6:23  NASB  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

5:  Romans 1:18  NASB  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

6:  Romans 3:20  NASB  because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

7:  Romans 3:27  NASB  Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

8:  Romans 5:8-9  NASB  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

9:  Romans 2:4  NASB  Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

10:  Romans 3:22  NASB  even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

11:  Romans 3:28  NASB  For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

12:  Romans 10:9  NASB  that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

13:  Romans 4:21  NASB  and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

14:  Romans 4:24 NASB  but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

15:  Romans 5:1  NASB  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

16:  Romans 10:10  NASB  for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

17:  Romans 10:13  NASB  for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

I think the best answer is yes Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama in sanskrit was a man. A military man by birth. there is much to learn, and to be ignorant of what others believe is to be ignorant of how to minister Jesus to them.  The best thing to learn here is the word WAS a man! with all who were that is the bottom line. Death did come. only one MAN the Man Jesus Christ returned from death. and only one Man was the only Begotten son of God our Creator! Only one man now is seated at  the right hand of the Father on High. and only One Man is God. "Be wise as serpents but harmless as doves". Ultimately there is only one "Argument" that wins out and that is the love of Father God to bring the ultimate sacrifice through the very essence of himself. his Son

Hello Jayglo83,

I see this is one of your first posts, so WELCOME!


We're happy to have you with us, and I look forward to having fellowship with you.

Brother, much of the talk these days about other gods and false religions has to do with Universal Salvation and the coming One World Religion that will be FALSE. You hit the nail on the head by highlighting the word "Man", as much of the coming one world religion will involve Humanism. There will be a push to get further and further away from GOD, and we already see that happening right now. The BIBLE states that many will be deceived, and this is already TRUE. It's very sad to see so many led away from GOD.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Ephesians 1:18-23 NASB I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Toolapc,there is no where in the bible where the name buddha was mention.