I was quoting Shakespeare simply because he makes the points so much more eloquently than I ever could. Again, you miss my distinction between "Christian" theology and Christian ethics. I used quotation marks because Christian theology is mostly the work of St. Paul, whose works make up most of the New Testament of which the Sermon on the Mount is indeed a fraction.
Stripped to its essence, both Jesus and the Buddha taught that all life is sorrowful and preached compassion to all. That their followers (this applies much more to Jesus than to the Buddha) have buried this message under layers of theology is unfortunate.
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Date: 2013-05-19 05:09 pm (UTC)Stripped to its essence, both Jesus and the Buddha taught that all life is sorrowful and preached compassion to all. That their followers (this applies much more to Jesus than to the Buddha) have buried this message under layers of theology is unfortunate.