Dartmistress wrote:
Caleb, Buddists follow the teaching of Budda, just as Christians follow the teaching of Christ, so there is not much difference. But, then we must ask ourselves how many of these people, of any religion, actually do what they say they do. Is the man who prays in his church, then leaves to beat his wife, cheat his customers, commit adultery, or kill, truly religious? He may claim to believe in his god, but if this were so, then he should also believe that he would be punished by his god for his sins. At least two of these form part of the base for most religions. We can create statistics of people who say they believe but how many actually do?
Totally irrelevant to the question.