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Buddhism and Materialist Western Culture

teachings embraced by those who do not want to break with atheist

and materialist dogmas, while eagerly search for spirituality at the
same time. Besides, many who become Buddhists are largely influ-
enced by a desire to unwittingly and blindly imitate something they
do not understand, simply to attract attention and pretent that they
are, indeed, aware and sophisticated.
To understand why these doctrines are unfounded, we need only
pass them through the sieve of logic. We have already examined the

concept of karma, the foundation of several Far Eastern religions, and
shown it to have no rational basis. (For a more detailed discussion,
see Harun Yahya's Islam and Karma, Ta Ha Publishers, London, 2003)
These religions do not believe in the existence of God, nor in an ulti-
mate place of divine judgment for mankind. How, then, can they be-
lieve that every person will receive a reward for what he has done—in
a subsequent life? Who will determine this? Those who revere
"Extraterrestrials" also believe in similar nonsense. How can a person
build a philosophy of life on UFOs, whose reality is quite debatable?

Even if beings from outer space did exist, they too would, necessarily,
have to have been created. But what is the guarantee that they could
show humans the true path?
Those caught up in such superstitious ideas should think about
these words of God from the Qur'an (56: 57): "We created you, so why
do you not confirm the truth?" They should follow His way, as He
has commanded:

This is My Path, and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other
ways, or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He
instructs you to do, so that hopefully you may do your duty.
(Qur'an, 6: 153)

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