CHRISTIAN ANSWERS TOPICAL VIDEO: BUDDHISM – THE “PATH” OF SIDDHARTHA GUATAMA’S RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY

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Christian Answers topical videos are short 30 minute or less analytical reviews of certain theological subjects even though this ministry may have much more detailed material available. Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater (Youtube channel CANSWERSTV) & Steve Morrison, Ph.D, director of Research for Christian Answers (Steve is the webmaster for our three websites: BIBLEQUERY.ORG, HISTORYCART.COM & MUSLIMHOPE.COM; & he has also written 4 books on Islam: “Reliability of the Bible & Christianity vs. the Qur’an & Islam,” “Answering Muslim Objections to Christianity,” “Letting Islam Destroy Itself in a Muslim’s Mind,” & “Christian Dialoging with Muslims”) analyze the religion of Buddhism created by Siddhartha Guatama, a man who rejected Hinduism. Buddha, whose real name was Siddhartha Guatama, lived from approximately 563 BC to 483 BC. There is little objective history about him. He was born in what is now Kapilavaata, just inside Nepal; his father was a ruler of the Sakya clan, of the Hindu warrior caste. His mother died a few weeks after his birth and his mother’s sister, the ruler’s second wife, raised him. According to tradition, soothsayers were asked about Siddhartha’s birth; they foretold that the child was very unusual and would follow one of two paths. One path would make him a powerful king, the second a great spiritual leader. Siddhartha would not chose the second path unless he saw an old man, a sick person, a corpse, and