I fancy having a Buddha

And the Jews also see him as an ordinary man.

Must admit, I always used to see Buddhists as the gentle, peace-loving, good guys of religion. Not so. Interesting BBC piece here

Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22356306

And to Jews I believe he was an upstart, or a pretender to the crown.

Because Jesus was the son of God, part of the Trinity. To Muslims he was merely a prophet.

Being

Jesus and Muhammad were both prophets, and gave rise to the founding of different belief streams with allah or god bring the supreme deity.

Why?

So long as you don't include Jesus because then it gets messy.

Buddhist follower of Buddha

Hindu follower of all sorts of interesting gods or avatars of the supreme being

Muslim follower of the same god as Christians and Jews

Jews follower of the same god as Muslims and Christians.

Lots of others, but they all largely believe in a supreme deity, except those believing in ancestors etc.

So I believe that the almighty being is the same being but worshipped differently according to particular cultures.

Sadly I used to have a good friend who was a Jehovah Witness and she stopped coming to see me because her church told her that they were Satanic Devils.
I missed her as a friend but really a Buddha is not Satanic or a God.

paddyann, I think the ones with the fat belly are Chinese.....all the different ones have their own charm I think. I am pleased that your church is more open minded. A Buddha is no threat to anyone's way of thinking or belief system

they're all fairytales so I wouldn't worry about it Gonegirlat least Buddhists stick to being peace loving kind hearted people unlike many other religions who think going to church once a week gives them license to do all sorts of awful things.

This thread title sounds downright rude. Shame on you Nankate!

#fantasiesareprivate

Christian = follower of Christ

Sorreeeee!!! caps lock on And off.

Who knows? Probably not. I don't think Allah is the sAME AS THE cHRISTIAN gOD.

bUT i HAVE ALREADY PROVED HOW MUCH LITTLE i KNOW ABOUT IT.

Isn’t it all one deity worshipped in different ways?

Inclusive Whitewave ? Do you mean respecting other faiths or sharing of beliefs?

I respect the JW’s faith I certainly do not share their beliefs

gg ??

Eeek. I swatted a horrible big bluebottle in the conservatory the other day, right in front of my laughing Buddha. I try not to kill anything except bluebottles. (I leave the greenfly on plants and slugs in the garden for OH to sort out.)

Don't forget, if you have a Buddha, you won't be able to kill any insects etc. in the garden or you may come back reincarnated as one!!!

Apparently Sikhs don't have any images.

Who knew?

I got it out of thin air didn't I WW!

I dunno WW.

it's a religion in itself

No!! He cut his hair and it went curly. Nothing else.

Aren’t Christians supposed to be inclusive these days?

gonegirl ??why Sikh?