firecat

I don't think it matters if you're "buddhist" about every single belief of goal. I'm certainly not a cookie cutter buddhist. I have some beliefs that are rather un-buddhist (not in a bad way just that I happen to mainly believe in many, many buddhist things but I also believe in things that I've come across in previous religious/philisophical studies). I am curious as to why nirvana is not a goal of yours. When I was first learning about Buddhism, one of the biggest things that attracted me about it is the idea that we're encouraged to examine and question all teachings with a discerning eye and even with skepticism should our perceptions deem it necessary. As a result, I guess you could say it'd be rather unbuddhist to just swallow everything we're taught like a pill without stopping to think about whether we actually agree with it. Thats my opinion anyway.