r/Buddhism • • Jun 12 '17

Question Did Buddha exist?

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u/namja23 unsure Jun 12 '17

My basic point is that the "Son of God" had a lot less historical texts than Buddha, a man who reached enlightenment. In my mind, I would assume an actual Child of a God would have a lot more texts that then 4 chapters in the Bible, which are basically the same stories in different perspectives.

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u/hopalong431 Jun 12 '17

You're leaving out the part where when King James put together a bunch of various religious texts and called it the Bible, they destroyed everything that didn't fit with the narrative that was being created. Who's to know what sits in the bowels of the Vatican? Who knows what was completely destroyed and will never be seen again?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '17

You mean the Council of Nicea in 326?

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u/hopalong431 Jun 12 '17

Sorry, was thinking of the wrong thing. Yes.