Buddhism? ... Really?

Buddhists have a great view on things that I believe everyone should at least look into -- meditation is basically a form of praying on a primordial level and before you start saying "I ain't gonna pray to no fat statue," look INTO the ideas before making snap judgments -- Buddhists aren't really PRAYING in a conventional sense, meditation IS different. These monks and laypeople are looking for clarity of mind and compassion of the soul -- you never hear about rampant gangs of Buddhist monks knocking over liquor stores or blowing anyone up (other than the ones who self immolated as protest, and even they didn't hurt anyone other than themselves THEN.)

There are weak people in every religion who end up being hypocrites but the ideals of Buddhism are something that everyone should aspire to -- not everything is as defined in Buddhism as it is in other religions, and of course there are differert schools of thought in this group as well --I just find it more appealing to me than memorizing line and lines of rhetoric that can be interpreted to mean I need to handle snakes to get to heaven or I need to marry 14 women and girls and have as many kids as I am physically able to, Christ would probably be pretty sad if he saw how people have warped his words over the last 2 millenia.

I like Christ, and I should know -- I went to Catholic school growing up and HAD to go to church EVERYday. When you are 15, let me tell you, Church is the LAST place you want to be -- Even more than now as an adult -- which is really saying something.

(I think I gained some serious brownie points with 'our creator' if there IS one who gives a crap.)

I think there are rules in Christianity that are too rigid in their interpretation and people trying to legislate it on other people is an absolute waste of time -- legislating morality is like going hunting for unicorns -- you can do it, but you probably aren't going to get much out of it.

Worry about yourself and eventually everything else will fall in line.

Don't expect everyone else to 'do the right thing' and you won't be disappointed, and always wash behind your ears.