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>>Buddhists do not even discuss God as it has no point to do so. Either you know (one way or the other) or you dont. Believing what someone else says is pointless because you still dont really know. A person just believes what they want to believe.
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>I read a book yesterday and I think I found a good definition for Buddhism..
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>Buddhism - Religious and philosophical system founded for Sidarta Gautama (563-483 b.C.), or Buda. Their practices of faith are based in three groups of books: The TRIPITAKA. They believe on the non-existence of an absolute God or personal and believe that each man has one vital energy..

This is an inaccurate definition of Buddism. A much more accurate description would be that Buddhism concerns itself with the cause of and alleviation of suffering. The essence of Buddhism is that everything is impermanent. It is not concerned with whether there is or is not a God. For a Buddhist there is no point to debate this as without firsthand experience, one way or the other, you will not benefit from the debate. I have not ever heard of the Tripitaka and there is no bible in Buddhist literature as such.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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