[driftdiver]

There are dozens of sources which refer to the white elephant. Do a simple google and pick a couple.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+was+buddha+conceived

Here is one source - http://www.kbi.com.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=38

The Buddha was conceived into the womb of his mother, Mayadevi (by taking the form of a White Elephant descending from Tushita and entering the womb immaculately).

[tired&retired]

“The Buddha was conceived into the womb of his mother, Mayadevi (by taking the form of a White Elephant descending from Tushita and entering the womb immaculately).”

Is it possible that they were referring to the size of his soul? Not the physical manifestations.

[muawiyah]

Which, of course, is ridiculous. The man who became known as Buddha was a well known historic figure in a great family.

BTW, that "family" was chased out of India about 200 AD and went back home.

When we know a historic person and someone says he was conceived by an elephant, it is necessary to reject that belief as untrue ~ and totally irrelevant ~ just crazy talk by ignorant people on a level with the stupid rulings by mullahs out in the desert.

An example ~ I have a book about the use of a mildly hallucinogenic mushroom (amanita muscaria) where the writer deduces that instead of Jesus being a real person the Apostles were into using this mushroom. He even cites scripture to support his argument.

Obviously that belief is not part of Christianity.