Buddhism and Ecumenism

I am really saddened to how people are deceived into trying to establish their own righteousness while being ignorant of the righteousness of God. While I do not assume anybody who is an unbeliever is automatically sinful in their lifestyles by human standards. However, no matter how much good they do like their feeding programs to the poor, they are all but filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6) and it only takes one sin to violate the Law of God (James 2:10-11). I do agree with some of Buddhism's practices like throwing away materials that entice sin like drugs and pornography - to believe in a religion rooted in idolatry and works salvation is definitely a no-no. I live life right not because I do it to keep myself saved, no I do good works only because I am saved. I refuse to take credit to what good works I do because it's God that works in me (Philippians 2:13). Buddhism is also rooted in self-righteousness than God's righteousness. My righteousness is from God and I only live a righteous life by God's grace and I cannot brag about my salvation and its result and conversion because it's a God did it salvation.

Here's also an except from Pastor John Macarthur's book "Fool's Gold" from the Introduction part to revealing somebody who is into ecumenism:

A woman once wrote to me to say she thought Christianity was fine but she personally was into Zen. She liked to listen to to Christian radio while she was driving because the music "smoothed out her karma". Occasionally however she would tune in one of the Bible-teaching ministries. In her opinion, all the preachers she heard were too narrow-minded toward other religions so she was writing several radio ministers to encourage them to be more broad minded.

"God doesn't care what you believe as long as you are sincere.", she wrote echoing an opinion I have heard many times. "All religions lead ultimately to the same reality. It doesn't matter what road you take to get there, as long as you follow your chosen road faithfully. Don't be critical of the alternative roads that people choose."

Seriously as said, she was into Zen, it could be that she is a Buddhist. Now here are some disturbing quotes from Dalai Llama that agrees with her thinking:

Note: I do not entirely dismiss words of wisdom that anybody can say. Some of Dalai Llama's quotes are in harmony with Christian practice about anger or charity nor does he teach other typical bad stuff like murder and robbery. Buddhists in numbers have regarded Jesus as one credible teacher but sadly like Islam, they refuse to acknowledge Him for who He is- the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. It also pains me to think that Buddhists believe the purpose of works is to obtain salvation which is opposed to Christianity's view of salvation is by faith alone but a faith that results to works. It's works without faith. One can have works without faith but not faith without works. All these are but rooted on human achievement than the grace of God. There's a difference between why Christians do good works vs. the unsaved heathen. One is really self-glorifying, Christians do good works only because of God's imputed righteousness and His grace to teach them holy living WITHOUT taking credit for themselves (Titus 2:11-15). As said, not all that gold glitters.

• All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion, and forgiveness... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
• We can live without religion and meditation but we cannot survive without human affection.
• This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
• All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love and compassion and forgiveness... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
• I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether or not one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So I think the very motion of our life is towards happiness.

Looking at these quotes, it's not surprising that Dalai Llama's quotes are humanism at its worst and are going hand in hand with the Second Vatican Council and in the same boat with the late Vatican friendly apostate Martin Luther King's ecumenism. To think of it, Jesus was however quite different. To the rich young ruler, He really pointed out NOBODY can keep the whole Law. To the Pharisees, He showed them the foolishness of manmade religion to which Buddhism is ALSO manmade religion. To the lost, He showed them the Way and told them about their sins so they will repent of it. Jesus was not the type of person to accept every other religion because He knows they are born of deception disguised as good misleading people into Hell (and people are so deceived they DO NOT see it) and He even insisted in John 14:6, "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father EXCEPT through Me." That is one verse many people today are afraid to lift up about Jesus and they are just making the god of their imaginations, not the God of the Bible. In fact, Matthew 7:21-23 the Lord Jesus warned that many on that day will also brag about their "wonderful works" yet in the end He says, "I NEVER KNEW YOU. Depart from Me ye that worketh iniquity."

You can all me a fanatic, a suicide bomber, etc. because I don't accept other religions as real. Say I am not promoting the peace of humanity. That's what the ecumenical say that I am. As said, go ahead and mark me all you want... I could care less. As said, you can even compare me to the Al Qaida or the Westboro Baptist cult, you'll just find out how real love is that I take my time to reveal the truth to a generation who'd rather listen to the lies of the false prophets (Jeremiah 5:31).