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DarkJedi wrote:

mackay11 wrote:

I had friends over recently. We have some photos of Buddhist statues. My friend saw them and said “what are these?” “Photos of Buddha.” “Why do you have graven images in your home?” “I found a lot of respect for Buddhism while living in Asia. I don’t worship Buddha, so it’s not a graven image. Besides, I think Buddha is another face of God. A manifestation of God’s love to a different group of his children. I certainly don’t think Buddhism is of the devil.” His chin nearly hit the floor.

Good example. I’ve got to say that I’ve never quite figured out how a picture of Buddha might be a graven image while a picture of Jesus isn’t.

I guess the emphasis should be on “…before Me” if that’s going to be applied at all by someone.

Quote:

grav·en im·age

Noun

A carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

Synonyms

idol

So unless it’s an image used as an object of worship there’s nothing for the TBM to complain about.

To stop my friend’s head exploding I stopped short of saying that during a weekend stay at a Buddhist temple in the mountains in China I knelt in front of a Buddha statue and prayed with the small group of Buddhist as a mark of respect and community. Even then, I didn’t worship or pray to Buddha, but took it as a chance to pray to the God of my understanding and while doing so expressed thanks for His love for all of humanity including the people around me. It was among the most uplifting experiences I’ve had. As I stood up the person I was with said “Buddha is smiling. He liked your prayer.” If God is anything like I think he is, I think my friend was more right than he realised.

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mackay11 wrote:

I had friends over recently. We have some photos of Buddhist statues. My friend saw them and said “what are these?” “Photos of Buddha.” “Why do you have graven images in your home?” “I found a lot of respect for Buddhism while living in Asia. I don’t worship Buddha, so it’s not a graven image. Besides, I think Buddha is another face of God. A manifestation of God’s love to a different group of his children. I certainly don’t think Buddhism is of the devil.” His chin nearly hit the floor.

Hahahahah – I believe the same. If God (or Jesus) visited a remote people in Jerusalem and in the new world (Nephites and such) then why in the world would he not visit other remote people? They may call him something else, such as Buddha. Therefore, his gospel is still being taught to those people…… Hummm…..

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