Silversoul said:

Buddhists do not believe in God. I suggest you check your sources before spouting such ignorance.

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The Crow said:

Its funny how Buddha is considered such a great person because of his philosophies. I don't deny that he was a great teacher with great ideas, but remember people, he abandonned his wife and young children to seek enlightenment in the mountains. This strikes me as an odd move.....A selfish move, in fact.
Why would he do that, I wonder? Was his own enlightenment worth more than he being a provider and father to his family?

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daytripper23 said:

This is a conspiricy theory.

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Is it? I thought it was speculation.

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By nature, it is going to be largely based upon a lack of knowledge, and speculation. From what I saw, it seems many of you ripped apart his thread based on his lack of evidence, while there was no real evidence offered to the contrary.

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It is the responsibility of the individual making the claim to substantiate it, not the responsibility of others to provide evidence that it is not substansial. I fail to comprehend how what has been proposed is a "conspiracy theory".  The circumstances of John F. Kennedy's death, for instance, is particularily prone for conspiracy theories, due to the fact that there are demonstratable inconsistencies in the official story as to what happened. That is to say, it is actually based upon something substansial.

Regarding what has been proposed to the contrary, there have been several specific lines of reasoning to counter the foundations upon which the speculation was based. For instance, it was alleged that it is very easy for mistranslation from the original text, so that a word meaning "psychadelic" was translated as "poisonous". I personally, specifically questioned as to whether it was actually quite possible for this type of mistranslation to occur. Now, anyone with an actual understanding of the languages used and the translation process could actually verify specifically how possible such an error is to occur.

Now, is it my responsibilty, as the dissenting viewpoint, to research and analyze into that and verify whether or not it is actually possible for it to have occured, within the context of debate? Of course it isn't - it is the responsibility of the claimant to do so, to provide substanstiation for their own position, if they are interested in determining if their speculation is justified and representing that speculation as being justified.

Now, anyone is free to speculation, and, as it exists within the realm of speculation, it does not provide any commentary as to the reality of the situation; however, if one is to propose that one's speculation is justified, well, that's another story altogether.  

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O yea but its in the forum rules, that we have to do debate in this manner, and expecting any less is just plain silly. Right FireworksGod?

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No, that isn't right. The forum rules specify the purpose and intention of this forum, which specifically orientates this forum as one that is centered around open discussion of philosophical/spiritual ideas. It does not mandate how individuals choose to discuss these ideas; however, it does clarify that any idea is free to be challenged, criticized, refuted, or otherwise exposed to any viewpoint on the ideas. This is the nature of the forum, and thus it is to be accepted in posting that it is likely that one's presentation will be subject to it. Of course, there is another forum that is centered around discussing ideas of a similar nature, that is orientated towards a different form of discussion, so if anyone is personally dissatisifed with this fact, they are free to explore other alternatives.

Teotzlcoatl said:

Thank you guys for all your help, I was hoping my speculation could cause some people to come forward with something more substantial. I'm sorry i got pissed, but i still feel some of your answers were rather..smart-ass-ish:)ha ha but its cool, i appreciate the help....

Does anybody have any information that could support my speculation?

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I admit that I was being a smart ass. But it's only because I was bored. I'm a really bad person. But I do enjoy myself here.