text: christian faith vs? christian faith vs buddhist faith -you decide.  (christian faith) (exodus 21:2-6 nlt) if you buy a hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years.  set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.  if he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year.  but if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him.  if his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.  but the slave may plainly declare, 'i love my master, my wife, and my children.  i would rather not go free.'  if he does this, his master must present him before god.  then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl.  after that, the slave will belong to his master forever.  (exodus 21:2-6 nlt)  (buddhist faith) “have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. some suffer too much, others too little.” planet dan - the bible very specifically says that the slave is "property."  it says that if a slave owner beats his slave so badly that the slave goes unconcious for days, but then wakes up, the owner receives no punishment for, "he is his property."  for those of you believe that the new testament nullifies all this, i do not understand how you make sense of the fact that god ever gave this law in the first place!  was god cruel in "old testament" times?  did he suddenly have a change of heart 2000 years ago?  and saying the buddhist faith is lazy is about the most inaccurate thing i have ever heard.  buddhists meditate and this is no easy task.  in fact, it is probably the most difficult thing, to gain control of one's mind and to work on their own inner traits and become more compassionate and good people without the negative traits of anger, etc.  buddhism is hard work, but it is worth every bit of it.