That doesn't surprise me a bit.

So angry for a Buddhist. I always admired the religion that had a god/idol that was more out of shape than me.

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Liberals believe it is okay to kill babies, but not terrorists.

democrats believe it is okay to taser a 10 year old if this stance will get their guy elected.

If you think my post was angry--ha. You are WAY more sensitive than I am. I thought PC was anaethema to you?

The fat 'buddha' happens to be a Taoist deity. Most Buddha images are slim. Buddha isn't a God or an idol.

You are a bit misinformed about Buddha and Buddhists. Do you prefer to stay that way or are you interested in clearing that up?

I do. You should do the same thing.

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ACCEPTANCE IS THE ANSWER!

We will knock on the door, if it does not open, we will revolt for our rights.

Im a Tarte, what! you want some of this?

What is a deity? I have never seen a slim Buddha, only the fat ones with no teeth.

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Liberals believe it is okay to kill babies, but not terrorists.

democrats believe it is okay to taser a 10 year old if this stance will get their guy elected.

WWW.Dictionary.com

1. a god or goddess.
2. divine character or nature, esp. that of the Supreme Being; divinity.
3. the estate or rank of a god: The king attained deity after his death.
4. a person or thing revered as a god or goddess: a society in which money is the only deity.
5. the Deity, God; Supreme Being

The chubby Buddha is not representative of all Buddists.

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ACCEPTANCE IS THE ANSWER!

We will knock on the door, if it does not open, we will revolt for our rights.

Im a Tarte, what! you want some of this?

A deity is another name for God. Buddha is not a deity. Buddhism is non-theistic.

There are such a thing as meditational deities. That is completely different from Buddha.

The one in my current avatar is Tara, the female Buddha. She is also a 'meditational deity' which means she is an image used in mediation to bring forth positive qualities. Her entire form is symbolic, and we don't give her 'reality' on a absolute level. She can be understood as an aspect of wisdom and skillful means. Meditating on a image of Tara is a way to move out of ordinary mind. This is a peaceful image of Tara.

There are wrathful images too.

Today is Tara day BTW.

Now I am really confused - Fat Buddha is a Taoist deity - Deity is another name for God - Yet fat buddha is not a God. Did I get this right?

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Liberals believe it is okay to kill babies, but not terrorists.

democrats believe it is okay to taser a 10 year old if this stance will get their guy elected.

The figure depicted in many Chinese restaurants is a fat god or deity. Some refer to him as a Buddha because he is obviously an asian image, but it is debateable about whether he is a Buddha or a God.

I've done quite a bit of study on this. Taoism is another religion common to China pre-communism. The Taoists have a deity that looks fat.

The Buddha was fasting for six years. He wasn't fat.

Fat deities tend to be wealth deities. And it can mean the wealth of spiritual qualities that he is 'rich' with. To be fat in a peasant culture means to be wealthy.

Buddha never spoke about God. Buddha means 'awake'. In Tibetan the term is sang gye which means to remove and to unfold.

What is removed in enlightenment are obscurations and what enfolds are qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity.

Deity does not mean the same thing in a theistic religion as it does in a non-theistic religion. Deity in a theistic sense is God. In a non-theistic sense is a symbolic image depicting qualities of a state beyond conception, a state accessible in the here and now--and within.

In regard to the OP what does the Bible have to say--it is irrelevant to anyone other than a Jew or a Christian. Since I am neither, it doesn't affect me personally. It affects me when citizens seek to impose their Christianity on me through legislation.

A fully enlightened Buddha would see past all divisions of gender, and sexuality to the common humanity and beyond that to consciousness itself. Consciousness has no form and is undivided.

You seem the type that seems to like sacrificing...as long as it's someone else.