["It Is Finished"]

OK I had to get in on this.  This question in itself shows total ignorance of what Jesus did on the cross, and what the entire word of God is about. it shows a religious mindset that has infiltrated the what most like to call "Christian" church. Or is that the reason for asking it. surly you knew the kinds of answers or questions it would bring.

.............Sin in and of itself does not damn anyone!................

blackeyedpeas said it best by using the scriptures. but the whole flux of the "Bible" is renewal of man to God through the shed blood of Jesus.
Now once all was complete Jesus himself said. "It Is Finished" The completion of the covenant that God made with man was complete at the very moment.

Eph 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:14  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
Eph 2:15  Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;
Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Sin no longer has power except through the accuser of the saints. Sin in and of itself is not the issue. once you have accepted Jesus as your Sacrifice.

Again in Ephesians he says

Eph 2:5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6  And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

His gift of Salvation did not have anything to do with whether you sinned or did not sin. Once we accept him in our lives as Savior and Lord sin becomes a non issue. Once you truly get a picture of the absolute GRACE (unmerited favor) then sin itself begins to be distasteful. the outcome of which is a life that is a whole lot cleaner than the one you had lived.

What brings Salvation is Accepting Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice for the authority that Adam laid down in the first place.
What brings"damnation"(separation from God) is Not accepting Jesus as the Ultimate sacrifice for all sin.

I could go on and on, this is an issue that keeps most Christians crying at the alter instead of decrying in the streets the Name that is above every name.

You have heard the term "Plead the Blood" right? well if you haven't you should. Most of the old timers say "I plead the blood" in a crying bleating plea of unworthiness not understanding at all what the Blood means. The term Plead is a legal term. For instance, when you stand before a judge He will ask you "How do you plead" you can say "hey yes I blew it. man I was a scum of the earth and every time I turn around I screwed up, but I plead the blood. That sacrificial blood of the "SINLESS" Lamb of God. That and that alone is what can can get you off.

It is a gift of God not of your own works lest any man should boast.  If your reading this I hope that if you havn't, you will accept Jesus as your sacrifice for all sins. and begin a new life. Man it is "Mind Blowing" The peace that it brings.

[WAS]

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