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I am a Christian. I am NOT a "political" Christian. However, whether you are Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Shinto, if you're doing it right, it's never about "arriving" it's about the journey.



I think that's true of Buddhism, but not really true of Christianity or Islam. They focus on salvation, which in their view means getting to heaven. Buddhists focus on expanding and deepening their consciousness through a process that involves many lifetimes. Christians and Muslims just want to get to heaven and will kill anyone who stands in their way or tells them their way might not be the right one.


OK..but salvation in itself is a journey. People like Lubben know all the answers. They are no different than someone who gives up smoking, drinking or over-eating. They will obnoxiously tell everyone how "they" are wrong. The extremists of Christianity or Islam want to convert everyone at the point of a sword. At no place or at no time did Christ himself ever act that way. It is them who have perverted the teachings.