It appears from some recent responses to my post to youngprer that I may have been a little harsh in the tone of my statements. Youngprer, if I offended you, that was not my intent. I only wanted to offer constructive criticizm with the utmost respect. When I hear young people define themselves as Christians then speak in ways that may not be Christian, I feel compelled to offer guidence, just an annoying habit I have.

Brian, trying to model one's life after Jesus is what being Christian is all about, being "Christ-like". I think the only time you'll get any flack from Christians on that is if you say that we can be fully like Jesus, i.e. God. As for Jesus having been a Buddha. That's one that I've heard from many people over the years, even the current Dalai Lama has said that. Does the view of Jesus that's used to make that judgement come from the Bible? Is there a different source of info on Jesus's life to come up with that assertion? The reason I'm asking is that from my view of the life of Jesus from the Bible, the idea of Jesus as a Buddha makes no sense, but admittedly I'm niave about what it takes to be a Buddha. The way I look at it, if Jesus is who he says he is, then he is the Son of God, who defeated death, and is our ONLY way to salvation, and by default not Buddha. If Jesus wasn't who he said he was, then he was pretty much a complete nut. He made some wild claims about who he was, if they weren't true, one would have to consider him delusional at best. Hard to imagine someone like that reaching the "pinnacle of evolution".

I'm not asking that question as a challenge or to be sarcastic. I've actually heard this from several Buddhists I've met, but when I asked to explain, they couldn't give me an answer, actually they babbled about for about 10 minutes saying absolutely nothing. I am really am interested in understanding the basis of that assertion.

Also, just for the record, I have no problems with anything in the PR course conflicting with my strong Christian views, at least not so far. As for some of the topics on this forum, that's a different story . But who knows, maybe I'm gonna go to hell too.

Michael