[Mr. Silverback]

Saying a religion like Buddhism isn't "compatible" with Christianity is just flat out wrong when one takes a look at the trials of Buddha and Christ (although the results are quite different), especially when related to what each said to the world in terms of respecting the dignity of your fellow human.

Buddha was a teacher. Jesus was God Almighty. If Christ is all, the Alpha and the Omega, what does Buddhism have to offer?

[cyborg]

How would you explain to someone that Jesus was Almighty God. I do not see this done very much in the RCC as much as I see it in evangelical churches.

[Lochlainnach]

Buddha is a little bit more than "a teacher" to Buddhists. If you believe Jesus is God then, of course, Buddhism isn't necessary for you. But, because you believe in Jesus, that doesn't relegate Buddhism to obscurity for the rest of the world. This isn't a my god is better than your god situation.

Of course, Buddha and Jesus do not preach the exact same path to salvation (that is, if salvation is needed, which from my understanding, it is not in terms of Easter Religions), but there are similarities--and these are what interest me, and why I get miffed when people say Buddhism and Christianity are not at all compatible. But there are striking differences--many of which, understandably, came from theologians as well as "Christian" ideas posited after the death of Jesus when the Church was being shaped.