Should Tiger Woods Become a Christian?
Brit Hume boldly suggests Tiger Woods, who considers himself more of a Buddhist, become a Christian because Christianity offers forgiveness. Some Buddhists object. Hereās what Stephen Prothero, a Boston University professor on Buddhism, said:
āYou have the law of karma, so no matter what Woods says or does, he is going to have to pay for whatever wrongs heās done,ā said Prothero. āThereās no accountant in the sky wiping sins off your balance sheet, like there is in Christianity.ā
But since Buddhists donāt believe in a Deity, one must ask, what is the grounding for morality that makes Karma even possible, and what āaccountantā is keeping track of karma? With Christianity, you have grounding for morality (Godās Nature) and you have an āAccountantā keeping track of how one lives in relation to that morality. Of course, that āAccountantā after seeing your negative balance, came to earth to pay your debt for you. Great deal. And it has the necessary quality of actually being true!
Blessings to Brit Hume for his boldness. He didnāt back down on The OāReilly Factor as youāll see in this video. (HT: Melinda Penner at www.STR.org)
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