Christians pray for forgiveness to an imaginary god. Then they imagine that everything is fine and that order in their life has been restored. This is analogous to treating the symptoms and not the cause. Perhaps is golf terms you might say it is like asking for a mulligan. Second chances are great but unless you correct your behavior you'll likely end up in the rough again. Perhaps this is why the rate of recidivism is so high in America for various addictions: Failure to take personal responsibility for one's actions and realizing that a change in one's behavior and actions must be made.

Buddhism requires a person to learn and grow by reaching the understanding that they are inescapably accountable for their actions. Bad actions bring bad consequences and suffering. There is no escaping this karmic law of cause and effect. Until you learn and practice this you are destined to suffer. The responsibility for change lies with the individual. The only person that can 'save' Tiger is Tiger himself.

Britt Hume was correct, perhaps not "politically", but correct none the less according to the Bible. The Bible CLEARLY states that the only way to God is through His Son Christ Jesus (John 14:6). God clearly desires to forgive ALL of mankind for their sin, BUT that road of forgiveness is only found in the person of Jesus Christ. Whether you believe it or not is your CHOICE ... but it's the BIBLE truth, regardless.

You have a good point. Respecting the words of the Bible.
I wonder if the statement "the only way to God is through His Son Christ Jesus (John 14:6)" is open for interpretation for a moment.
If the only way through Christ is through Christ then that's OK - that relies on the person. But if we look at Christ as a way of life or a way of practice, then by living this way, really practising and living this way. Then the individual becomes a Christ (Christ mind) and through this way is the way to God.

if i was not a buddhist i would be angry right now.

Go on you know you can... :)

I do not claim to have written this, it was sent to Dr. Laura,

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination... End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of Menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbours. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath.Exodus 35:2. Clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?

7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle- room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16.Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Your adoring fan.

religion is the worse thing happened to humanity

Those who say something bad about others' religion will only make his/her own religion looks bad.
But, I forgive you, Mister Hume.
NAMO BUDDHAYA.

You mean he criticised another and made his own position superior?

Best person or worse person, both the same

dosent anyone notice how drunk he sounds and looks lol i guess olnt drunk people like me can notice

Now I know why most of the Christians in the US as well as the U K go for a LIVE-IN relationship
rather than marry the other person. The Case of the poor Tiger is a very good example of WHY YOU SHOULD'NT MARRY IN A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY & WITH A CHRISTIAN LADY
All your hard earned Money, Your Name, Your Fame, Your Children and your Home will go to the Christian woman you marry, whenever she decides, IT IS TIME TO QUIT.

She becomes the Glorified Victim, getting all the sympathies of the World alongwith the fortunes of the (Would-be) Poor Ex-Husband, including His Children and his LIfe-Insurance benefits as well.

The irony to all of this is that Buddhism holds no concept of "sin". The Buddhist precepts say to not abuse sex. Breaking a precept is not the same as breaking a Christian commandment, there is no hell for you to go to when you die in Buddhism. Knowing and understanding that he has wronged himself and others is what he needs to do, not change his faith.

Christ came for sinners not for self righteous people who think they can reach a level of peace within themselves or those who look into the things of this world to justify their reason for being here. I pray that the lord shows Tiger mercy and that is all i can do.

Oh God!

1.Once Tiger becomes a christian he can confess every week seek forgiveness and repeat the performance again and again again ad infinitum.
2.Or he can change and go after young boys and girls
3.The we shall know he is a true Christian

Hey, Brit, Do I need to convert to adultery, republicanism and Christianity to watch FOXNOISE and find redemption?!

But Bret Hume knows nothing about Buddhism! His comment was pure hubris and bunk. You'll find some of the strongest "family values" in Singapore where they practice Confucianism and Buddhism.

I don't say that to promote Singapore or Confucianism and Buddhism (I'm none of those), but it the values that Mr. Hume claims are lacking are actually there. This demonstrates his profound and willful ignorance. (I mean that literally and not just as some pointless rude insult.)

Brit Hume is a jackass. <-- that's a insult, not a literal description of Mr. Hume, just for comparison. ;-)

Hooray for Tiger. He is a Buddhist. Great. Hume should end his delusion and convert to Buddhism.

Maybe Tiger should become a celibate Catholic priest and molest children.

hume=fox=ignorance.

What a dumb bastard Brit Hume is. And he spews this garbage with a Jew sitting 5 feet from him. Wrong-Way Kristol is a freak, too, and I couldn't care less if he's offended, but I'm just saying...

Actually Buddhism is not a religion. It's a philosophy. Buddhists don't pray to Buddha. The Buddha never claimed to have divine powers, nor did he claim to have anything any other human could not achieve.

You can practice Buddhism and be a Catholic, Atheist, Jew or anything else.

When one day someone noticed how wonderful he was, that person asked the Buddha, what are you? Are you a god, a divine person, a spirit? What exactly are you?

The Buddha answered, "I am awake."

The main practice of Buddhism is sitting in quiet introspection. Something every human being could benefit from.

Metta

Buddhism is a religion. It is a belief in the Universe (Dogen). The zen aspect is not the religious component - zen is a particular way of using the mind, whereas Buddhism certainly is [a belief system, faith].

Another thing is the sitting in Zen (zazen) is not introspection, it is not meditation either. It is a single pointed focus on...

For Hume and plenty of others this is what the Catholic religion is all about. It's how politicians in THE FAMILY view it as well. It's how the worst people find a way to live with themselves without remorse. There's no reason to make amends in any real way to the real people who you hurt. Not when when you can talk to the sky and make it all go away. It's a get out of jail free card for any crime or moral outrage you can think of. Shed a few tears in front of the flock or say a Hail Mary here and a few Our Fathers there and all is forgiven. Poof, it's magic. The Catholic Church should just go back to selling indulgences on street corners. They could run ads like the local gym and cash in like they used to. "Join now for our low low price, Buy one, get two indulgences free!" Those pedophile cases are really expensive. Of course if your wealthy like Bush and Cheney, you just run a tab.

Maybe that's why so many mean people go on about being Christians, they think the rest of us should forgive them because they have forgiven themselves. I'm still feeling guilty about something said 30 years ago that might have hurt someone's feelings. It's much less stressful to be and honest and good person. To see yourself in someone else's shoes and walk away from dirt bags that try and manipulate you. I'm sure Tiger is thinking he will be reincarnated as woman cheated on by her husband and will have to pay for this. Really, I don't think it's anyone's business but his families. It's not like Tiger has been going around preaching values to the public that everyone else should have and not following them himself. He is just a cheating husband, not a hypocrite like so many of Christian zealots we hear from today.

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BRIT HUME'S GOD RED HOT, YOUR GOD AIN'T DOODLEY SQUAT

-- Faux News Host Reaffirms That All Religions Are Incorrect Except For His --

-- All Other Religions Agree With Hume That All Other Religions Are Incorrect Except For Theirs --
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Great indictment of Christianity, Brit: "Join the christian faith! We dole out forgiveness like drinks at a casino!"

They asked his opinion and he gave it. Not the politically correct opinion, just his opinion. And whether you agree with it or not, he has a right to it.

Well actually Hume is right, if you want to look at it from a more skeptical perspective. Not so much about forgiveness and redemption with "God", but forgiveness and redemption with sponsors, a "total recovery", because really what has he actually lost besides hundreds of millions of income. Christians are a much larger market than these somewhat "obscure", at least from an American perspective, religions, and they tend to be very loyal consumers.

I don't believe in these fairy tales, but even from my point of view, if you look at his answer with the same skepticism that I look at religions, he would be correct in that interpretation.

Actually a Budhist would have no problem with Tiger becoming a Christian....Budhists do not proseltyze...I have heard the Dhali Lama respond to questions from Westerners who ask about Budhism as a religion, saying Jesus was a teacher and to follow his teachings. I think Tiger should be more interested in his wife's forgiveness, not some mystical being in the sky.
Didn't do much for Sanford did it?

Whereas it could be said that both Tiger and wife live in a fantasy world. What happened to the wife forgiving him? What is she projecting onto him? Is Tiger projecting onto her? Do either of them really know each other, or even themselves? And finally, is it really our business? Including mine?

I am so happy my people are slowly gaining back control of the Word. The American people are natural Patriots and also loving and accepting, which is why I am not is prison. --Ted

OMG! These people are totally insane! I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane.... Or maybe it was Elvis... You know they kinda look the same!

yes Brit, tiger should become a christian...what the world really needs is yet another closet cocksucker. maybe you could offer up your childrens' asses for some good old homestyle christian ass-raping?

what a wonderful world it'd be if every christian, muslim and jew were to die a horribly painful death tomorrow. whatever would we do without all the "i'm a hypocritical POS and you'd better do as my god says!" folk?

From what I have learned religion is the evil we all should fear. One can have faith in any number of things even faith in themselves. I see Human Beings doing great kindness and great harm not gods or devils.

ahahaha what a joke. of course it's that way. the only reason we're suffer christianity at all is because constantine chose it for the western world because it was the only religion that would forgive him for murdering his wife and his son. what a fraud.

The context of the comment, was an opinion. The fact that many Christians have faltered, and fallen, is just a testament to the faith, because if you seek forgiveness, in Christianity, you can be granted forgiveness. Unlike in the liberal media religion of MSNBC and it's uninformed droids. All Christians are not perfect, like all Muslims are not radicals, like all Jews are not righteous, like all Buddhists are not enlightened. get it, it "s a process to strive for, the point Brit was making, was that Christianity provides forgiveness to those who seek it.-

Oh my god, this whole statement and premise is just so freaking LAME.

No, Buddhism doesn't have the whole redemption and forgiveness thing, but it also does NOT have original sin, nor really sin at all. There is karma, action and the results thereof, and there is liberation, when you step off the wheel of rebirth.

To say Buddhism doesn't offer "the kind of redemption and forgiveness offered by the Christian faith" is like saying that "my refrigerator doesn't offer the mileage that my automobile does". Uhhhhh... well, true. It doesn't. But if anyone's frige DOES offer good mileage, or even miserable mileage, I'd be pretty surprised.

Hume's comment is STOOPID. There is no way around that, at all. No discussion of religion can address this. He said something totally stupid and... it was totally stupid. End of story.