I’m going to need a stronger argument to be convinced of their compatibility.. Can any of you provide a stronger argument for how someone could be Buddhist and Christian at the same time? — tryhard
Given the stark differences between the religions, I’m going to need a stronger argument to be convinced of their compatibility.. Can any of you provide a stronger argument for how someone could be Buddhist and Christian at the same time? — tryhard
A practicing Buddhist checks all the boxes of a virtuous Christian, all the while making little to no assumptions or claims about God. Rather than providing a "strong argument" for why they would be compatible, what is a single argument that they wouldn't be? — Hermeticus
My worry is that it seems like Christianity’s necessary condition for salvation — tryhard
If two religions have the same end, they can be practiced together — tryhard
the conviction that by picking and choosing as one pleases, one can still patchwork together an effective program for happiness — baker
The pick-and-choose approach to religion may cause issues for traditionalists, but why shouldn’t religion be approached in this way? — tryhard
To determine the most effective vehicle for religious fulfillment, one should be proactive in exploring different perspectives from around the world and from various periods of human history.
How else are we to know which approach is most relevant to our own experiences of the world?
My primary worry with the pick-and-choose method of compatibility is that it seems to suggest that religious truth is simply what seems most agreeable to the individual.
Ultimately, the pursuit of religious truth is up to the individual. In this sense, picking-and-choosing pieces of information that seem most justified and crafting our own relationship to religious ideas is the only sensible approach to any pursuit of knowledge. We must consider different views, evaluate the evidence, and emerge with a redefined perspective of the world. With this, I see little danger given that the individual’s pursuit is truly based in reasoning rather than convenience.
Can any of you provide a stronger argument for how someone could be Buddhist and Christian at the same time? — tryhard
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