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Without faith, you have philosophy, not religion. But philosophy often isn't enough to keep the masses engaged and enthralled. Buddhism started as a philosoph
by jqpabc123 3y ago
Without faith, you have philosophy, not religion.
But philosophy often isn't enough to keep the masses engaged and enthralled.
Buddhism started as a philosophy --- but over time, many just couldn't resist the urge to introduce faith and mysticism in the form of reincarnation --- something Buddha never taught.
This happens with most religions --- including Christianity. Paul (aka Saul of Tarus) borrowed a lot from pagan mysticism that Jesus never taught.
- yawpitch 3y agoI know… hence why I prefer Sikhism (newer) and Jainism (older, Mahavir inspired Gautama Siddhartha, who — I feel, given the history of the East to West trade or the time — may well have inspired the Nazarene… who Saul then promptly corrupted beyond recognition). Feature and scope creep still points to a bug in the core of the faithful more than in the core of the faith, though.