I just caught the last 20 minutes of a PBS program an hour ago that was teaching the fundamental doctrines of Buddhism. The narrator went on and on about how you have to kill yourself to contact the inner you, how you have to take directions from the Dalai Llama as to what twigs to hold onto as you go down into the abyss before you contact your inner self; also known as a demon. I thought to myself, as images of skulls and weird (that’s the only word to describe it) sculptures flashed across the screen, “Now I know why Christianity was widely accepted among cultures like this. Germanic barbarianism, Greek mythology, African Satanism, Indian Buddhism, and Native American animism all have one thing in common: They’re all really freaky and are based on fear.” Of course that’s not the only reason, but it certainly was a contributing factor.
Then the local PBS manager came on, pleading for money and telling me how evil I was for not paying up for programming like this. Then a question came to mind: “Why in the world do they have the essential doctrines of Buddhism being taught on tax-supported TV, (along with a lot of New Age stuff) but they shun any notion of Christianity, wouldn’t dare to spread the Gospel, and do all they can to bash Jesus and the Christian message in special programs on Easter? They interview all these liberal ’scholars’ from Union, Yale, and Harvard seminaries who tell us what really happened. Yet they won’t examine the massive problems with Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.” I remember the time I was at the Wisconsin state capitol building around Christmas time, and I saw an ACLU sign at one pillar making up the rotunda. The sign said, among other things on the horrible origin of Christmas,
“There is no God, there is no Satan, there is no heaven, no hell, no angels, no demons…”
no life, no books, no cheeseburgers, no Apple computers, etc. etc. etc. Then I walked over to the other side of the big circular chamber and saw a table explaining the god Buddha in detail. I began to have serious thoughts about moving the ACLU sign right next to the Buddha display, just for effect. It shows you the hypocrisy of it all.
So next time you make your pledge to your local PBS station, remember what you’re supporting.
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