I don’t think “if you do this you’ll be super happy (while still alive)” is comparable to “if you do this you’ll be super happy (after you die)”. The former is testable, and I have close friends who have already fully verified it for themselves. I’ve also noticed in myself a superlinear relation between meditation time and likelihood to be in a state of bliss, and I have no reason to think this relation won’t hold when I meditate even more.
The buddha also urged people to go and verify his claims themselves. It seems that the mystic (good) part of buddhism is much more prominent than the organised religion (bad) part, compared to christianity.
I don’t think “if you do this you’ll be super happy (while still alive)” is comparable to “if you do this you’ll be super happy (after you die)”. The former is testable, and I have close friends who have already fully verified it for themselves. I’ve also noticed in myself a superlinear relation between meditation time and likelihood to be in a state of bliss, and I have no reason to think this relation won’t hold when I meditate even more.
The buddha also urged people to go and verify his claims themselves. It seems that the mystic (good) part of buddhism is much more prominent than the organised religion (bad) part, compared to christianity.