Jesus Vs Buddha Vs Mohammed Vs Zeus
Sorry to be Buzzkillington but there's not much question who's likely to win this fight.
July 5, 2012 - 9:42 am
A Facebook friend shared this viral image today and I decided to put on my Buzzkillington hat in response:
See some of PJ Lifestyle’s previous discussions and debates about religion:
What is the Definition of God?
Why the Westboro Baptist Church Focuses The Hatred on Gay People
A Divine Miracle For Skeptics Who Do Not Believe In Miracles
No, Muhammad was mortal, while Zeus is an actual god. He may be easily distracted, but I’m sure he could find time to hurl a few lightning bolts Muhammad’s way. Assuming Muhammad actually existed and wasn’t a fictional creation like Zeus himself. I’m more convinced Jesus and Buddha were real.
To state the glaringly obvious, Mohammed was not a pacifist. He led armies and conquered quite a lot of territory. He even has several atrocities attributed to him.
For that matter, Jesus commanded his apostles to go armed, and used violence against the money-changers in the temple. His pedigree as a pacifist is mixed, at best. (And it gets decidedly more complicated if you accept that he was the embodiment of the Torah.)
Jesus overturned the tables, knocled over chairs, and drove the moneychangers out, but he didn’t beat them over the head or kill anyone. As for the “armed” party, you do understand figurative language, don’t you?
I also think you misunderstood the post itself. Dave didn’t claim Muhammad was a pacifist. That’s a period after the name, not a comma.
“Jesus commanded his apostles to go armed, and used violence against the money-changers in the temple.” Please provide a reference, preferable from the Bible, to your questionable reading of the New Testament.
Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? Matthew 25:53
I’m an Odinist myself.
OK so let’s boil down each of their messages to mankind
Jesus – Treat your neighbor as you would want him to treat you. That’s where the whole love your enemy and turn the other cheek thing comes from. How to do this is to accept Jesus as your savior (from inherited sin) and through him love God.
Buddha – Achieve nirvana by letting go of everything, even the thing you call yourself. It’s all an illusion and a distraction. Have compassion for all living things because they too are on this path to nirvana, even the jerk who cut you off in traffic this morning.
Zeus – Hey I’m the bad ass Hombre of the God world and I dig chicks. Not much in the way of advancing the morality of mankind.
Mohammad – Do exactly what I say even if it’s against your basic sense of morality (i.e. slavery, violence in the name of religion and bigotry). I represent Allah and he and I are of one mind. Spread my religion around offering non-Muslims one of three choices;
1. Convert
2. Keep your religion but become a second class citizen
3. Die
I don’t know about you but #1 and 2 sound pretty good to me, 3 and 4 need a little work.
For fun let’s look at Judaism and Hinduism.
Jehovah (as in the Torah) – God through Moses gave you some pretty basic rules (10 of them in fact) and then the wise elders and assorted prophets gave us several additional rules (mostly what to eat, not eat and when to pray) Follow these rules and God will happy, don’t follow these rules and you end up causing yourself problems, not because of God because He is Love but because of your stubborn pride.
Brahman – Hindu top God, all others are some form on Brahman’s personality or attribute. Message to mankind – you will keep being reborn until you get it right and getting it right means that you have love for all things in the universe because they are all connected.
Seems that 4 of these religions have a lot in common while the other 2 have their commonalities as well Hummmm.
The fundamental difference between Christianity and Islam is derived from the behavior of their founders. Mohammad put his enemies to the sword; Jesus asked that they be forgiven.
I’m an atheist, and I can see the difference.
Zeus:
He’s hungry, he’s under rated and he’s looking for a comeback.
I sense that the Morrigan could be a late-round spoiler here.
Hah! Which one of them holy guys invented kung fu fighting, huh?
Of course “Photo Not Available” applies to Big Mo, but neither are they for Josh O’Nazareth & the Sakyamuni. Zeus on the other hand always had his art, & one would expect such a guy to approve of it–which perhaps makes him more “real” than any historical figure.
Buddha seems to have been a pretty nice guy but I don’t know how he would do in ultimate fighting, Zeus would be a pretty formidable opponent and Mohamed, never one for a fair fight, would definitely have an advantage in a death match but Jesus has one unmistakeable advantage; that Father, Son and Holy Ghost, maker of Heaven and Earth thing.
Just a thought. I have always wondered why Moe Hamed is not more frequently compared to Moe Howard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcELyKkOAak