wandering peacefully
Which way to the woods?
In the Abrahamic religions, the existence and nature of God are all-important. In Buddhism, the existence and nature of God (as usually understood in the Abrahamic religions) make no sense, and shoe-horning God-belief into Buddhism just makes a mess. If you want to understand Buddhism, if you are trying to "determine the dharma," you must put aside Christianity or Judaism, and you must put aside Sam Harris and Deepak Chopra. Make no assumptions about what things "mean" in any other context. Determine the dharma according to the dharma.And that thread was also started by yourself in 'religious debates' and it somehow turned into a Bahai discussion. Yes, some of us see the pattern here. Obviously. (I use 'obviously' sarcastically here, because the other day I was told 'I'm right and you're wrong, AND it's blatantly obvious.")
Citation: O'Brien, Barbara. "What Buddha Didn't Say About God." ThoughtCo, Jun. 22, 2018, thoughtco.com/what-buddha-didnt-say-about-god-3976939.