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Old 12-10-2007, 16:39 PM   #142 (permalink)
phillip
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Originally Posted by Ironduke View Post
There are marked differences between Buddhism and Judaism on the one hand and Islam and Christianity on the other.

Judaism is not a universalist religion, it does not claim to be the faith for every man. Neither does Buddhism, which is half-religion, half-philosophy and has no god. It would be more apt to draw comparisons to Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, or the Roman state religion, religions with universal claims.
It would be "more apt" if you answered the question rather than display your in-depth knowledge of the worlds religions and then try to select for me the proper ones to choose for comparisons. By the way, the Roman State religion was Pagan, until the time of Constantine. You must have meant to say Roman Catholic
I'm sure other readers are getting bored with our bantering...I certainly am, so I will not reply to your answer. Have fun with it.
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