jmcarlin on buddhism

 I am not a Buddhist but in the great Well tradition I'll say what I think:
 
 Buddhism is very logical and the first first two noble truths are
 provable.
 
 How many people are perfectly content with every single aspect of their
 lives? Anyone who might be content about their own life will be discontent
 about the state of the economy, the environment, poverty or something
 else. Or if they're content today something will disturb it tomorrow.
 
 The second one says: why all this discontent? The answer is attachment
 to something which because of it's very nature is transient. Everything
 changes so I'm not content about something which is changing.
 
 Then there's the leap of faith: it's possible to cease being discontent.
 
 And finally, there's the method for those who are willing to invest time
 and energy to prove for themselves whether the leap of faith was justified
 or not.
 
 The rest is commentary.