Marie888
Found this article and wonder if Buddhists have answers and how you would answer. I know they can't answer for Buddha himself specifically, but perhaps someone can answer in their understanding.
Ten Questions I'd Ask If I Could Interview Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) Today
BUDDHISM - Questions I Would Ask Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - ChristianAnswers.Net
Question #3 & #9 would probably be my first questions on these if Buddha was still alive:
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Ten Questions I'd Ask If I Could Interview Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) Today
BUDDHISM - Questions I Would Ask Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - ChristianAnswers.Net
Question #3 & #9 would probably be my first questions on these if Buddha was still alive:
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"If your teaching, which came on the scene in the sixth century B.C., alone represents truth and liberation--what provision was there for the millions who lived previous to the advent of your enlightenment and teaching? Why do you suppose that you, of all humankind, were the one to come on this insight when you did?"
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How do we reconcile the Dalai Lama's observation that "Every human being has the potential to create happiness", with your own teaching that suffering is caused by desire? If one sets out to resist desire, why would one ever then entertain the desire for happiness, and thus work to create it?
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