Why Christians have it wrong (3 of 50)

[Rankbaajin]

I am so appreciating you hard work here, I have been looking for something like this for a long time, I will try not to comment too much until I have listened to all these films and had a good chance to think about it, but you kinda had me at Leibniz...lol.

would be interested in your usage of the word Luciferainism. do you mean morning star or are you equateing him with Satan? (i sincerely hope not)...

M is for Movement

[malakhhatzadik]

@Rankbaajin Good question. When I say "Luciferian" I basically mean "mainstream religion," but at a higher level of understanding than simply trying to categorize different world religions, by making an association of their common origins in the person/persona of Lucifer, aka Osiris. You might say Luciferianism is "the established paradigm"--Freemasonry, Roman Catholicism, Theosophy, Theistic Satanism (of the OTO/Crowley type), New Age Movement, etc. Hope that helps...

[LoneMonk1]

Malakhatzadik, just so you know, the Nova Vulgata, Bibliorum Sacrorum Ed. is a modern update of the Vulgate for those who enjoy reading the Bible in latin. It's an excellent edition available on the Vatican website.

[IconoclastRadio]

I knew it wouldn't take long. Buddhism huh, so that's your angle. Are you also a Bahai Faith member. All your fancy speaking don't mean shit. Meditate on that.

[malakhhatzadik]

@IconoclastRadio You're labeling me a Buddhist because I dared to demonstrate how Buddhist ideals are identical to Christian ones, and then blindly associating such logic with the Babist New World Order religion? Does this seem at all logical or ethically justifiable to you?

Just eat, drink and be merry. Drop the pretense.

[musicbox2345]

Catholicism is NOT the same as Christianity. They are like Jesuits who took Christ's teachings and twisted them. The atrocities of Catholicism have NOTHING to do with conventional Christianity.

If "we cant really trust the Church", and you believe Jesus is the anti-christ why dyou still read the Bible?

Also, I'll watch the entire series, but it's kinda hard when you speak very slowly and stare like a kind of psychopath; makes people think you're trying to manipulate us lol

[malakhhatzadik]

@musicbox2345 Who said anything about atrocities? I was talking about doctrines. Don't you get it? I regard Jesus as the Antichrist BECAUSE of the Bible, not in spite of it. Mainstream Protestant Christianity is EXACTLY THE SAME THING as Catholicism. If you don't understand, then watch the videos. Either way your ad hominem insults are in no way indicative of a superior intellect, paradigm, or level of knowledge or comprehension, and I talk slowly specifically for people like you. Get over it.

[theslothman666]

@malakhhatzadik ha ha the protestant anti catholic types forget about the Salem witch trials. Infact the puritans were/are no better at all in comparison to the Franciscan inquisitors.

[malakhhatzadik]

@theslothman666 One isolated incident which saw the capital punishment of a handful of witches is hardly comparable to the Inquisition which has spanned 3 continents over half a millennium and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent victims. Sorry.

[theslothman666]

@malakhhatzadik No need to appologise :) Have a look into other protestant groups through Europe and America and you will find it wasnt an isolated incident for any non catholic group. Wouldnt you say it was more a case of intent and not always the toll anyway? Were they witches or just women persecuted by over zelous fanatics? Dont get me wrong here. Im not a catholic and nor am I trying to defend them. The history of all the organised churches of Christ have skeletons in their closets.

[malakhhatzadik]

@theslothman666 You have failed to identify "organised churches" for the Catholic institutions they are. I infer that your focus here is primarily on the Church of England, in which case I would say "What's the difference?" It's still the Church; it's still the Inquisition.

[theslothman666]

@malakhhatzadik "It's still the Church; it's still the Inquisition." Thats exactly my point. I was just taking focus away from the Catholic church to shine the light on all organised religions, not limited to Christianity either.. It was never my intention to be on the attack here. I merely stated my opinion.

[etherform66]

@malakhhatzadik HI.. before i begin to go through your videos, can you tell me what you make of the work "lucifer' - not in an abstract sense, rather in a real translational sense - "Heleyl"

[malakhhatzadik]

@etherform66 If you mean 'the word "Lucifer"' then to me it represents what the Masons say it does, which is the literal person of Andjety/Osiris and/or the spirit of this being which manifests in the people who adopt his ideology ... and in particular, what Jerome meant by it when he invented the association, which is the Athanasian (Nicene/Trinitarian) doctrine of mainstream Christianity, which essentially personifies the whole Babylonian belief system. Hope that helps.

[etherform66]

@malakhhatzadik I was more interestend in what you make of the Hebrew word Helyel.

[malakhhatzadik]

@etherform66 Well then I'm sorry I failed to answer your question. I tried. Good luck in your quest to find a answer-box guru who is more capable than I.

[etherform66]

@malakhhatzadik im not trying to waste you time - i am genuinely seeking your opinion. I have read your response and I was not asking after your opinion on 'lucifer' - i was asking after your opinion on the Hebrew word that the word lucifer was translated from. it is an obscure word and there is a great deal of conflicting opinion relating its etymology. I will keep searching then.. shalom

[malakhhatzadik]

@etherform66 Would it suffice to say that the king of Tyre was being associated with Nimrod/Horus/Apollo, as the "son of" what in Greek would be Helios (i.e. the son of the sun god)? If not it would take me ages to explain the hermeneutics of ET and demon descriptions in the Hebrew Bible--which I'm willing to do, seeing how you say you are genuine, but in that case a video or video series would be more appropriate.

[malakhhatzadik]

@etherform66 I guess I thought it was understood that when Jerome read it in Hebrew and invented the Latin association, he was doing so in the spirit of the prophecy rather than just putting a spin on it for his own purposes. To infer, as some would, that no proper association was intended in the Hebrew is to beg the question of why Jerome would do that at all, seeing as Lucifer (the bishop of Cagliari, Jerome's ideological nemesis) was himself a "Luciferian" like the king of Tyre.

[johnbevington]

I also have gave you my time but I'm waiting for the profound, can you try (or maybe you have) getting to the main points, if you have a video like that let me know. I don't want to watch 50 videos in hope of finding out what your getting at. until then adios, well maybe I'll try maybe a higher numbered video to see what you slowly have to say.

[malakhhatzadik]

@johnbevington If you don't want to educate yourself then that's your problem, not mine. If you think your time is so precious that you can't spare 8 hours to fix your own paradigm (as if there is ANY better way of spending it) then what gives you the right to waste mine, when I'm actually doing something beneficial to humanity? If you want to get things from people without offering anything in exchange, you'll have to learn not to be a dick.

[SICKELLY]

This guy looks like he's about to Blow something UP OR EAT somebody!!

[malakhhatzadik]

@SICKELLY Nice counterargument. Seriously. In two years, it's one of the best I've seen.

[yankpo]

so far, and i'm obviously only 3 videos into the series you are definitely hitting spots I have always mistrusted...the kjv of the bible knowing the history of stuart line as well as the catholic latin vulgate are definitely sources i do not trust for scripture, and have always wanted to know which english translations were closest to the original texts...i've downloaded the version you have suggested...i will have to check into the credentials of the publisher for my own confirmation

[malakhhatzadik]

@yankpo Let me preempt that to save you the trouble if you want. The publisher (Institute for Scripture Research) doesn't understand that Christianity is the antithesis rather than a continuation of Judaism, and therefore relies on the Masoretic texts just like everyone else. That being said, it is LITERAL and therefore not a matter of malicious and/or otherwise deliberate misinterpretation. It also preserves the names of YHWH and Yahshuah, etc. Therein lies its value over the others.

[ic2705]

I gave you twenty-eight minutes (3 three videos) to give evidence that your understanding exceeds the understanding of 2000 years of church teachers and those whom I have sat under. You have given nothing but opinion, except what you said about the Vulgate and Alexandrian text which to me was itself an incorrect analysis, although nothing that I would feel the need to debate about.

[malakhhatzadik]

@ic2705 Whatever. You can't build a house on shifting sand. You can't form a sound argument without establishing a solid premise. Even here in the first 3 videos it is most certainly not "nothing but opinion," and sticking your head in the sand for 28 minutes and moving on won't ever change that. If you're still ignorant after 28 minutes, that is neither my fault nor my problem. I sincerely hope you educate yourself in the spirit of truth and come to the knowledge of the truth. peace

[NihilistGeographic4]

You call the Acocypha scriptures ? Well, they were read by the Jews, but to say they were scriptures ? IDK about that one, it is not accepted in the Old Testament.

[malakhhatzadik]

scriptures = writings (literally) -- 'Scripture' and 'scriptures' are two different words with different connotations, unless you're adding 'the' in front of 'scriptures' to imply the same thing as what is implied by 'scripture,' i.e. 'the canonization of scriptures' we routinely refer to as the Bible, or the Tanakh, the OT/NT, etc. In which case obviously I agree; the Apocrypha is bunk.

[nicsink]

The NIV is totally false I feel sorry for anyone who believes a translation based on what translators think the words meant in the context rather then the actual word for word translations. The NIV is riddled with lies and hellenistic/luciferian theology. PEACE

[NeoAnamoly]

Christians this Christians that! Get to your point! Are you walking in GOD's "true path" that in lack of better words claim to know!

[malakhhatzadik]

The true path includes wisdom, fortitude, and patience. If you don't think you are in need of this information, then all I have to say is "eat, drink, and be merry, and leave the thinking and peacemaking to those whose senses have been trained to digest solid food."

[NeoAnamoly]

All this "talking are you following GODS path is the question!

[UnoRaza]

One wonders if the massacre of the Armenians may have had to do with the texts they had that would have poked holes in the system.

Was there evidence that was stolen as with Alexandria?

Even if it was plagiarized it does not make it false, just wrongly attributed and stolen.

[twillsmusic]

dude, the Apocrypha was part of the KJV up until about 15yrs after King James died.

[malakhhatzadik]

av1611(dot)com/kjbp/faq/apocry­pha(dot)html

[caddy1010]

I believe if anywhere Jesus was in Egypt in the missing years after all God did send him there when he was born and his story is exactly that of Heru "Horus" and later Mithras and Attis and Dionisis etc and then Jesus so who knows its all plagerism from Egypt. it can be witnessed to this day by the reliefs on the walls of Egypt. Most of which is in the bible at least the main points in the bible can be found on the walls pre-dating christianity "insanity" by 1000s of years christians dont study

[UnoRaza]

How do you know Christ has not manifested more than once?

It could be plagiarism on the part of Rabbis and/or possibly Freemasons; look at the sects 33rd degree Freemasons have started.

[xclucifer]

Has any one looked at the Latin Vulgate Bible version 2 peter 1:19 and the King James version of 2 Peter 1:19. If you haven't you should!!!

[Preshizz2k6]

I read it... But I do not understand the rest of the Latin text, can you translate for me?

[dansnod]

Ok, I've listen for 30 minutes and I've yet to hear the meat of your argument.

I get a sense you've done research and this is good. We should all try to learn as much about what we beleive so we can support our postion.

However keep in mind that what you're doing is gathering info from others who hold a bias toward their own belief. You must take this information and come to your own conclusion.

I get a sense you are repeating what others say rather than coming to your own conclusion.

[malakhhatzadik]

"what you're doing is gathering info from others who hold a bias toward their own belief."

Sorry. Not true. I've only quoted James and Leibniz in these first few videos because James was the founder of Pragmatism, which is the school of thought that articulated the notion that "You must take this information and come to your own conclusion."

The only person I'm repeating is myself, hence having to go to this elementary logic over and over again. Stay tuned if you want the substance.

[JohnTheNewBaptist]

I actually read a book once. Though I forgot the title --- it deals explicitely with the theory that Jesus spent those 20 lost years of his life learning from great Buddhist monks. Have you read this book? It was very intriguing to me and actually helped start me on the quest for deeper knowledge.

Great videos so far. 3 down, only 47 more to go. Haha.

[malakhhatzadik]

No, I have not. Was it a book written by Mirza Ghulām Ahmad, by chance?

All this evidence...leads impartial people to the conclusion that Jesus must needs have come to [India], and, apart from all such clear evidence, no wise man can afford to disregard the similarity, to be found...between the teaching and the ceremonial of Bud and Chr. Nay, rather, there is such a striking resemblance between them that most Christian thinkers believe that Bud is the Chr of the E, and Chr the Bud of the W.

[JohnTheNewBaptist]

I have a huge library. Over 3,000 books. I know it is in one of my shelves lol but it will take me a few moments to find it. I will get back to you with the title and author.

[EmeiBaguazhang]

Are you saying that you believe this to be a possibility?

I myself have pondered, not that Jesus traveled there (Although I cannot say he did not) but that the faiths of Taoism, Buddhism and Christianity are strikingly similar! And that there is a fine golden thread that travels within each faith. And that fine Gold thread is LOVE. And on the day of Judgment, it is NOT the one who calls him Christ that will be saved, but the one who has learned and lived the Golden Thread!

[malakhhatzadik]

Sounds about right. Except that your notion of the day of judgment is not Biblical. The righteous will not be judged.

[EmeiBaguazhang]

I agree, but I believe that it will be the Chosen of God that will be involved with the Judgment of the unsaved or non-chosen.

I believe that the lake of fire is actually Jesus Christ and the "Saints" (if you will) that will make everything "Right".

Together with Christ, the chosen will cleanse the Aion of evil once and for all.

How do you say?

[malakhhatzadik]

"unsaved"? "the Aion"? Sounds like pseudo-Christian propaganda mixed with Manichaeism... the two things these videos are intended to take out of paradigm of the individual who watches them.

No offense but I don't really care what you believe. I only care about the truth. Hence my videos and the words posted on my channel. Drawing metaphors out of metaphysical truths conveyed by scripture may be useful for individuals who like symbolic religion, but it is counterproductive to my stated aims.

[EmeiBaguazhang]

When I am speaking of Aion, it is a Greek word meaning age, or better put an undetermened period of time.

It is what Jesus spoke of when he said things like "I will be with you until the end of the age (Aion,..also spoke of AIones, or age abiding).

So, what I have surmised from what you have said, is that you do not believe Christ to be devine.

I don't care what I believe EITHER, I only care about the TRUTH also.

I am just waiting for you to lay some on me.

[malakhhatzadik]

Yahshuah did not speak that word in Greek, nor was the book of Matthew whence it is taken written in Greek. The fact that you would use it here, in Greek, and not even a more anglicized version at that, such as Aeon, suggests a heavy Manichaean influence to me.

I cannot come right out and say what the truth is about Christ's divinity when it has yet to be established that "Christ," my "Yahshuah," and your "Jesus" are all interchangeable words expressing the same idea. They are not.

[malakhhatzadik]

Furthermore, "divinity" itself is a concept which carries many connotations, and I will certainly cause you to be confused if you take it at face value due to the pseudo-Christian connotation of Jesus being the "same substance as God the Father" which practically defines Mithraism / the spirit of antichrist. To say that Yahshuah is divine is to state a truth and to convey a lie.

[Theonedue]

So is the end of times comming to earth in 2012? Or is this just a spiritual arrmegedon, where the true disicples will when against Satan (their carnal nature)? After all Jesus said you cannot say pertaning to the kingdom of hevean "lo, here it is", for the Kingdom of heaven is within you.

[malakhhatzadik]

Job was written before Genesis or any other book in or out of the Bible... unless you believe that Enoch penned Enoch...

No, I'm not "Orthodox." I'm Heredox. That should be obvious by the title of the videos alone.

[malakhhatzadik]

Sorry bro but it was Moses who instituted the Jubilee. The book came after. My point was that the oldest book of the Bible is Job, not Genesis.

[malakhhatzadik]

So... Moses wrote the book of Job, and also Jasher and Jubilees and Enoch, et al, not to mention all the other books of the OT... and did so after the Exodus? Interesting theory, though I don't think it merits another nanosecond of my or anyone else's time.

[malakhhatzadik]

That you know of being the key phrase.

"I call heaven and earth as witnesses" Deut 4:26/30:19

"You are my witnesses, declares YHWH" Isaiah 43:10,12/44:8

"You will be brought...as witnesses" Matt 10:18

"You will be my witnesses...to the ends of the earth" Acts 1:8

"You are witnesses, and so is God" 1Thess 2:10

"We are witnesses" Acts 2:32/3:15/5:32/20:39

"witnesses whom God had already chosen" Acts 10:41

"We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses" Hebrews 12:1

You get the idea.

[MarylandJuly89]

What is the name of the Lecture/Chapter you are reading from the James' Varities of Religous Experience. I found the book online... I want to read along with the chapter your quoting from.

[malakhhatzadik]

Just Google it.

[malakhhatzadik]

The Hebrews were descendants of Eber (hence the name) who was 4 generations removed from Noah (i.e. half a millennium after the first Indian God was thought of). In other words Adam wasn't a Hebrew and neither was Enoch, so clearly not every "true prophet" is a Hebrew. To say that the true prophets came from one line (and by implication, no other) is to deny that God had sent his witnesses to all nations.

[gerstners]

ca 8 min 11 sec: religion (as cultural expression) vs spirituality.

The theologian Paul Tillich distinguished the giving and receiving sides of revelation as follows: religion is what people do with revelation. ie religion is a cultural expression.

Revelation is without flaw to the extent that it is given from the side of perfection/wholeness/infinite of the Creator; but recieved revelation is prone to flaws to the extent that the revelation is received on the side of the created/finite.

[artlife20]

this is all very confusing to me, but i think that i share some beliefs with you, those being that religion was a corrupt tool created by men to minipulate people, and that the spirit of truth is left with us with the death of Christ. Eh?

[VitruvianRex]

I don't know if Nu 22:8 should be read literally bc I read someone say that Balaam lied about knowing God and was surprised to receive a respond. Plus Nu 22:7 says divination which is wrong to God. If taken literally who else did God talk to other than Balaam who wasn't of the congregation of God.

Enoch, Noah, Abram, Job and maybe Moses didn't belong to an organized group like Judaism or Christianity either.

[malakhhatzadik]

Those specific people you mentioned did not belong to an organization, no (except of course for Moses/Senenmut who was initiated into the Egyptian priest class). However, the OT prophets who were above them did. It is/was called the Order of Melchizedek. The order was basically disbanded after its last high priest (Jesus) was murdered and resurrected, since those events were seen as the culmination of their ancient eschatological tradition, since he has been prophesied to return in glory.

[theblacksun8]

i read the KJV. there are alot of, blankspots where i feel information was taken away. but, there is a plehora of information now out here. even better then that, jesus said that god is looking for a church that will worship him in the spirit of truth. jesus called himself the truth. and when he died on the cross he gave up his spiritthe spirit of truth. the elohim is god as a whole. god is a father, a mother and a son. as well as a daughter. and the bastard brother satan.

[filosophia22]

Americanized version of Buddhism? ha, you made me laugh, and no I'm not Mahayana. Liberation does not equal Creator God. God is omniscient, interacting in the world through the principle of its own will. This appears to the lower self as omniscience, but to the higher Self, this is simply liberation. The mind made one/Oneness, enlightenment, contemplation of the One/meditation,

This is my take on metaphysics.

[malakhhatzadik]

The great thing about Buddhism is that no sect claims to be the penultimate dogmatic authority the way the Roman Catholic Church and its offshoots do, but it still allows that anyone can reach a fully aware state of consciousness. So I'm not criticizing you for lacking knowledge about the religion you profess because I realize that you're still progressing, but you TALK like you understand it and are an authority, but you're not.

[ihaveaverybadcold]

this sounds nothing more than religion......its religion about spirituallity

[malakhhatzadik]

Buddhism is not about liberation. It is about enlightenment. There IS a difference. Just last night I was watching God and Buddha: A Dialog with Deepak Chopra and Robert Thurman who are both more than qualified to speak on the subject, and both equated enlightenment with the Buddhism conceptualization of God. There is no "lower self" and "higher self." There is only the self, and if you want to break it down into states of consciousness, then there are more than half a dozen to choose from.

[filosophia22]

Buddhism is associated with atheism because the buddhist truth is about self awareness and there is no creator God to the universe but the realization of the emptiness that pervades all things. The only thing that is real is the Self, which has been hijacked to mean "God", which is simply Good minus an "o".

God is Good, the Self is Good, that is the meaning. Both equal happiness.

[malakhhatzadik]

I don't know what extremely watered-down Americanized version of Buddhism you're referring to (if not your own personal take on it, obviously Mahayana), but the idea that there is no creator God is nowhere in the teachings of the Buddha and in fact is a contradiction of them. Buddhism is not atheism; it is apathy for the old gods of the Hindu pantheon. Emptiness is not the end in itself and only serves to produce mindfulness.

[D2ezbmu]

what is your view on the sumerians and ancient babylonian race/ religion that pre-date christianity and even judaism. id also like to note that im not nearly as eduacated as most people(who have a clue). Please respond, i feel like im completely lost at this point.

[malakhhatzadik]

Nothing predates Christianity. Real Christianity is just another name for natural religion. Likewise there was never any Sumerian religion, unless of course by that you mean "culture." Judaism is just Babylonian religion (legalism) recodified.

The problem is that "religion" means 1000 different things to 1000 different people, and when you make "religions" out of it in the interest of putting labels on it, you're just confusing yourself and falling into the error of schismatic dogmatism.

[Quandary121]

Surly every religion believes that there religion is the one true religion, not just "Christians" like you say in this.! I have spoken to many people whom believe that theirs is the one truth? "Islam" "catholic" and "buddhists" .Even if they do not see that as a religion but more a way of behaviour a set of values to rule there life by.? How can reencarnation be a Religion?.

[malakhhatzadik]

When you begin to see the interconnectedness of the various faiths, you'll realize that they are all extensions of Roman Christianity. This includes Islam and Catholicism. The word "catholicism" itself just means "universalism." As for Buddhism, not only are you wrong, but no one who knows better would even define it as a religion. Buddhism is A way, not THE way.

[Quandary121]

no bud I'm not saying it is a religion i agree with your point that it is a way not the way i understand the point its just you seem to be saying that only Christians believe that theres is the one and only way? and by this i don't mean Buddhism far from it my brother is a practicing Buddhist so i am aware of the teachings of Buddhism other religious peoples believe that there religion is the way also thats all!

[malakhhatzadik]

And I'm saying you're wrong, that's all. I've never met a real Buddhist who wasn't tolerant of other "religions." But if Buddhism is a religion in the sense that it's being applied here, then why is Buddhism associated with atheism? Yes, there are religious elements in practiced forms of "Buddhism," such as Brahmanism or animism, but that is not Buddhism, it's Brahmanism or animism.

[Quandary121]

OK i obviously have got something wrong here

!i deffer to your obviously greater knowledge ,this said I'm not saying Buddhism is a religion!!you are misunderstanding what i mean! i don't know how to put what i mean down in writing so i will stop commenting

[ShalomYal]

But you misinform by calling it only A way -- the philosophy of Buddhism does believe that it describes Truth about reality

[malakhhatzadik]

I don't know where you got your information, but it's wrong. The fundamental tenet of Buddhism is that truth is perceived. You can't "describe" it because there will always be something lost in translation. In other words, truth is something that can only be experienced, not something that is intellectually conceived. Theravadans have a saying: if you see the Buddha on your way, kill him (i.e. figure it out yourself). Buddhism is really no different from Gnosticism, not owing to coincidence.

[ShalomYal]

You are splitting hairs with me to quibble about my use of the term "describe" -- Buddhists do believe that their "perceived" experience is TRUTH. By the way I got my info from Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas in Nepal!!! I went to the source - try that on for size - Don't be so full of your self

Much like many Christians believe that their experience with the holy spirit is a real experience with God and that it is Truth(ie. part of the trinity)

[malakhhatzadik]

No, I'm defending my argument against your unprovoked assaults. It's too bad you went all the way to Nepal without learning more. Maybe next time you're there you can ask them about the differences between raja yoga and jnana yoga. Or you could just look them up on Wikipedia. Either way you should be able to see why I'm not "splitting hairs" and that it's more than just semantics.

I'm not full of myself. I just know what I'm talking about. If I didn't, I wouldn't have made the videos.

[ShalomYal]

Lets go back to my original post. I was commenting on the fact that in your video you say that Buddhists just think of their beliefs as "a way" but not a religion. Yes ok, I said, Buddhists do believe that their belief system does describe ultimate truths just like other religions do. You comment back saying that Buddhists would not use the word "describe". I say, FINE - lets not use "describe" But my point is that Buddhists do believe that their way does describe ultimate truth. that's all

[malakhhatzadik]

Listen. Buddhism is A WAY. That means that the belief systems that you associate with Buddhism ARE NOT BUDDHISM just because they are espoused by Buddhists. They are something else entirely. Furthermore, the more dogmatic schools of thought within Buddhist societies describe metaphysical reality in scientific terms. They are not based on superstition. The implication is grossly inaccurate. Do you call quantum physics a "belief system"? I doubt it. If you do, you're leaving the wrong impression.

[malakhhatzadik]

You MUST distinguish between the religion itself and the beliefs espoused by its adherents. Buddhist rejects superstition on principle, as well as anything that is not founded on reason/logic. It also implicitly rejects the gods of the Hindus. The superstition and the rituals et al, are products of Brahmanism. Faith has become the antithesis of reason. Real Buddhists seek knowledge and wisdom, not beliefs. They are irreligious, just like real Christians are not Darwinists.

[ShalomYal]

"unprovoked assults" I usually try to stay as pleasant as possible in my comments (and I will here) But look at the way you comment to me and others. Your constantly saying "your wrong" etc. Try some humility - your comments about my Buddhist knowledge are based on one comment of mine? How do you have any idea what I know? Do you really think you can learn more about Buddhism from wikipedia than I did in Nepal? WOW WOW WOW

[malakhhatzadik]

Yes I absolutely do think that you can learn more about it as a thing intellectually conceived of from Wikipedia than from time spent in a monastery in Nepal. That is a no-brainer. And I hardly think Nepal's culture accurately reflects the spiritual intent of the Buddhist belief system when compared to the majority.

If I say you're wrong it's because you're wrong, not because I lack humility. You keep criticizing me but haven't even bothered to watch all but 4 of the videos.

[malakhhatzadik]

But if you continue to reject what Wikipedia says (and I've read many of the articles, and they are pretty sound) but go on to tell me you've been to monasteries in Japan and Vietnam and Cambodia and Sri Lanka, and not just Nepal, and your words begin to reflect a more holistic understanding without inaccurate blanket statements about Buddhist beliefs, then I certainly won't be critical of them.

[malakhhatzadik]

Buddhism is extremely pragmatic. I have seen a Lutheran pastor doubling as both a Theravadan monk and a zen instructor in Thailand. To say that Buddhists believe their way describes "ultimate truth" is just ridiculous. The way is truth is itself. You don't get to your destination by being there, and you don't follow a road for the sake of following the road. Only religious people confuse the road for the destination.

[Quandary121]

58 views and nobody cares to comment ?malakhhatzadik i take it that this either means that they agree or that they have gone to resurvey your facts.im in no doubt about what you say.may they keep on watching and learning from you