Most of us in the west grapple with the idea of a religion can be non-theistic. "Buddhism’s image in pop culture is woefully deficient, more a reflection of our own history, culture and needs". Verifyable true. Lexiconical differences, our enthusiasm to embrace it, etc.
I am by no means an expert on Buddhism, I have read only a handful of books and talked to folks, and spent a year with among a local group. Christianity is more down to earth imho.
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The Catholics designed it specifically to run a society when the Roman secularist republic fell apart, by adapting the very successful Hebrew cult for a larger and diverse audience, picking Jesus as a human prototype, devoping saints as interface gods, lithurgic practice, etc
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Christian mysticism is partially parasitic subcults within the Christian body, and partially group psychosis caused by the attempt to reconcile superstitious esoteric epistemology with ontological exploration
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