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Hello andyrobyn,

Commitments and vows I have made to others, especially children, continue to have preceedance for me personally.
Also, my understanding is that as much as human beings would like to have black and white rules to follow and clear explanations this is not how life is and not what Buddhism is about. I totally agree with you that life is not white or black, but dont you think that there should be some sort of uniformity between Buddhists?

I joined this forum three months ago but i still cant see what Buddhists have in common. For instance, i found out that you can be a Buddhist without believing in rebirth!! i also noticed how different traditions have different interpretations of the Buddha's teachings and different meditation techniques. So i started to convince myself that what we share in common is our desire to get enlightened and to beome free of suffering (to follow the path).

What is the criteria we use to consider someone a Buddhist? To choose to live as a layperson means to follow a different path than the one leads to end of suffering, right? so how can we consider them Buddhists?

Can you be a Christian without believing in God?

Regards,
Bundokji