So Buddhism taught you not to have desires, what now?

It's said that desire causes suffering, that when you want something, there is then some sort of disharmony in your mind. One thing I would ask, then, is what was it about the Buddha that made him different? What is it that makes any enlightened person different from the rest that allows them to achieve oneness?

The Buddha was completely obsessed with finding God, he was utterly consumed with desire, but not the same desires as those around him. He just wanted God, and he poured his efforts into finding Him. Where would the Buddha be without this burning desire? Obviously, the Buddha wasn't without desire.

The problem with desire, is when it's towards materiality rather than God. And this is not to say that one can't desire to have nice things, it just means that the desire for people and things can't be any greater than your desire for God. Desire for anything to the point that it overshadows craving for God causes an attachment, and in this condition, enlightenment would be impossible.

Rather than nurturing correct desire, many people have came to the conclusion that they should just be emotionally unattached to everything, but ironically, this will guarantee that enlightenment is totally impossible.

The common thread I see in those that have achieved enlightenment is an all consuming devotion to God. For most, happiness comes from surrounding themselves with anything they can come to control that can make them feel satisfied. But these individuals who find God, they are totally unsatisfied with that life. They must find God, because they know He is the real source of fulfillment.

Everything we love is all just a manifestation of God, yet rather than seeking the pure source of these things, we get so focused on the manifestations. And another problem is that many decide the source is something impersonal, very vague, lacking the characteristics that would cause us to develop the deep love necessary to serve and find oneness.

Who would risk their life, be devoted to, and cherish something that is impersonal, has no care for them, that doesn't even know they exist? Imagine how one-sided this relationship would be? What sort of loving committed relationship would take place with something impersonal, something that has only created us by accident? For all we know, we could merge with this impersonal reality and just come right back into individuality.

I don't think most Buddhists truely realize the ramifications of Buddhism's teachings. Do they not see that Buddhism offers no explanation to the question of why we exist. Many of them just conclude that life is suffering, that it has come about by accident, and the only escape is to just merge back into it, which is actually ending your life!

This belief system is depressing, and is quite similar to atheism. In addition to the above, the existence of the spirit is denied, yet rebirth is accepted! What would be the logic behind creating beings who's purpose is to just die and not take any lasting progress with them?

In Buddhism the divinity of personality has been striped from God and ourselves! The Buddha, however, accepted that there was a Not-Born, Not-Made who was our true destination, and upon his own enlightenment his words were “O House-Builder Thou art revealed…” It is clear that the Buddha believed in one who was eternal, a personal God, and clinging to This God was the escape from materiality.