The Fight Against Worldwide Child Slavery & the Sex Trade | Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard | EP 372

I watched about half of this and was struck by the strong personification inherent in Christianity and Christian thought, which comes out conspicuously in the dialog. My comment arises out of the terrible energy of child slavery and how it is being understood in this talk. I do not meant to detract from the important work these men are doing. I think my partner brought up the personification within Christianity this morning and we wandered into the topic from there. The Buddha was self-effacing about his person, existence, and even how he should be remembered. He famously did not even want images of him to be made. Buddhism as a tradition contains many ideas and entities similar to Christianity—demons, but not Satan; salvation but not through another person or entity; suffering but not as a path to enlightenment, just an integral part of this realm. Of course, there is also personification in Buddhism and it can be central to some forms of Buddhist practice, but above all it is the practitioner’s thoughts and actions which bring enlightenment or salvation. Much more can be said on this topic. For now, let me say that both traditions recoil at the idea of child abuse and sex slavery and deplore it strongly. ABN