Do you believe in Buddhism? What's your belief or religion?

China
October 18, 2007 4:39am CST
I do believe in Buddha and I think it's useful and helpful to me when facing difficulties and frustration. I've learn something valuable and enlightening from Buddha and I've change my view to the life and the world. How about you? Would you like to share your belief or religion with me?
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@Hayley_N (525)
• Argentina
12 Jul 08
I guess you could say I'm a lapsed Christian. I was brought up as an Anglican and went to a Catholic school. I find organised religion very difficult - i wish it could be different, but so far, I have not found an organised religion that I feel comfortable with. This is related to the way in which they think they are the chosen ones. Also, humans tend to behave strangely in groups, and as a very individual individual, I find this difficult. Its very interesting, but I can't subscibe to it. The more I learn about psychology, the more it seems to me that people belong to religious groups to feel more secure and to give themselves a sense of meaning. There's nothing wrong with that, but it can lead to things I don't want to be associated with (at its most extreme, to war) I believe in the human race, and I don't think that just belcause you believe in a certain variation of God, it means you will be saved and someone who believes something different will not. Many of the world's religions have so much in common and yet feel that there's is the only true path and to me this is delusional. However I do try to be respectful to people with different beliefs and hope they will respect mine. I would say that I am spiritual but not religious.