Can a Christian be a Buddhist? Vice-versa?

[Bonsai Ent]

You make some valid points. I was wondering what things you cannot accept.

I struggle with the whole cosmological set-up of the bible. I simply don't accept the old-testament account of who god is and what his relationship to humanity is, and it seems to me that the new testament is very contingent on the assumptions established in the old.

Believing that Jesus died for my sins, would require me to believe that I am engaged in some sort of pact with god, that required blood-sacrifice in the first place.

I think my (personal) understanding of Jesus' person and teachings is at quite radical odds with the Christian community as a whole.

So I tend to just view Jesus as a very holy person, whose views influence me a lot, but I don't accept Christianity, the doctrine.

There are also specific things Jesus believed that I don't, his strict beliefs about marriage for example.

[ShadowsCool]

I struggle with the whole cosmological set-up of the bible. I simply don't accept the old-testament account of who god is and what his relationship to humanity is, and it seems to me that the new testament is very contingent on the assumptions established in the old.

Believing that Jesus died for my sins, would require me to believe that I am engaged in some sort of pact with god, that required blood-sacrifice in the first place.

I think my (personal) understanding of Jesus' person and teachings is at quite radical odds with the Christian community as a whole.

So I tend to just view Jesus as a very holy person, whose views influence me a lot, but I don't accept Christianity, the doctrine.

There are also specific things Jesus believed that I don't, his strict beliefs about marriage for example.

At least your being honest. That's all I can say. No one is forcing Jesus down your throat. I was just curious and you gave your honest opinion.