At today’s press conference, Tiger Woods made specific note of how he lost what he’d been taught having been raised Buddhist by his mother. When news of Tiger Woods affairs broke, most people questioned his faith and spirituality, most notably, Fox News analyst Brit Hume who actively suggested that Tiger would be better off forsaking Buddhism for the more redemptive and forgiving Christianity.

Buddhism is inferior to Christianity when it comes to forgiveness of sins, according to Fox News pundit Brit Hume. Tiger Woods should reject the false teachings of Buddhism and become a Christian to be forgiven for cheating on his wife, Hume told Fox News' Chris Wallace.

"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith," said Hume. "He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of redemption and forgiveness offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger is, 'Tiger turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."

Woods is the most famous among several American celebrity Buddhists, including Richard Gere, Herbie Hancock, Steven Seagal, Leonard Cohen and Tina Turner.

What will be interesting is to see how our managed "mainstream" media spins this little tidbit. Will Tiger Woods be portrayed as a narrow-minded, fundamentalist bigot? If not, why not? He implicitly denied the validity of all other religions by his remarks. One can be certain that had Woods accepted Brit Hume's advice he would be openly mocked in the media.

By rejecting Jesus and embracing Buddhism, Tiger Woods believes that he can somehow "earn" his way into the Buddhist "heaven."

Good-works salvation is hardly just a Buddhist mistake; it's the one ticket to heaven in the minds of most people the world over. All the world religions, including many which claim to be "Christian," require the individual to perform certain acts in order to "merit" entrance to heaven or a place of eternal bliss. Hindus believe they must go through innumerable life cycles or reincarnations, paying for the misdeeds of each former life while hoping against hope that their present life will not add to their future suffering. Various yoga practices provide the ways and means to attain moksha, or fusion with the infinite.

Buddhism, the "in" religion of the managed media, involves the practice of the "Noble Eightfold Path", which is said to end cycles of suffering by abolishing all desire. Nirvana is reached by the perfect practice of the eight ways of right living: 1) right viewpoint, 2) right aspiration, 3) right speech, 4) right behavior, 5) right occupation, 6) right effort, 7) right mindfulness, and 8) right meditation. That this is presently the most favored religion of Hollywood is rather ironic.

According to an article in The Denver Post (08/09/2009), "What in the recent past seemed exotic and foreign is now almost routinely folded into "the fold." Buddhism is not only accepted as a mainstream American religion, it is a path increasingly trod by faithful Christians and Jews who infuse Eastern spiritual insights and practices such as meditation into their own religions. There are Jubus--Jews who bring Buddhism into their practice of Judaism--and Bujus, who are Buddhists with Jewish parents. Then there are UUbus, or Unitarian Universalist Buddhists, and Ebus, or Episcopalian Buddhists."

This is trendy and shallow, worldy philosophy at its worst. This "cafeteria style" religion is in no way Christianity. It's important to understand and believe the simple Gospel, which is mankind's only way to be reconciled to God. Buddhism is a bridge to ancient paganism, and as a "path increasingly trod by [un]faithful Christians," it is a highway that leads to eternal separation from God.

The best, most forthright exposition on the entire matter was given in an Open Letter composed by a Swedish Pastor. This Pastor may be wrong about some things but where is he mistaken regarding this media circus and the theological implications of Tiger Woods?:

"You have asked for privacy, but that can’t be expected because you are a world renowned golfer with handlers who market you as a commodity. Your handlers and the American media have built you up as a celebrity and role model for young people. You have not rejected the fame and the fortune, but as a savvy businessman, you have been riding the surf to the top and it has brought you great riches and fame. But now you are a fallen hero like Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and so many other young celebrities. Money and fame do not build morality and character but have the tendency of doing the opposite. Why has your life crashed all around you? Why was your wife upset when she found out you committed adultery with several women? The reason your life has come down and crashed is that you have no moral foundation; you are a modern heathen who has been your own god, even if you claim to be a Buddhist.

YOUR FATHER FAILED YOU

Your father was an American hero who served in the armed forces with great bravery. He served two full tours in Vietnam, was a member of the Green Berets, and made the U.S. Army his career and retired as a Lt. Colonel. He went on to teach Military Science and Tactics at the City College in New York.

Your father was a patriot but his personal life was a failure. When he married Barbara Gary in 1954, he made a commitment until death. God blessed them with three children. But in 1968, your father broke the vow and divorced his wife. Another failure in your father’s life was that he did not know God so he couldn’t teach you about God. When he married your mother (Kultida) in 1969, he knew that she was of the Buddhist religion and did not know the God of the Bible, who is also the Creator of all things. Your mother follows a man who stated in his own writings before he died that he never found what he was looking for. And now you continue to follow the same man who failed to find the answer to life.

Your father started early on in training you to become a great golf player. Golf was the most important subject in your life during your entire childhood and your father spared nothing to make sure that one day you would end up at the top. You are now considered one of the best golfers in the world and you have also achieved fame and fortune at an early age. But your father did not understand that a man must have a moral upbringing in order to build character and have integrity. In this area you are a dwarf, totally empty on the inside. God created man to have fellowship with God. When there is no fellowship with God, man must fill that void with something like money, fame, sexual lust, etc.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

You have said that the Buddhist faith from your mother has helped you to control your stubbornness and impatience but what about your lustful sexual appetite for women? Are you aware that Thailand is the worst nation in the world when it comes to sex trade? Pedophiles from all over the world travel there to pay for sexual acts with children, some of them as young as three or four years old. Boys and girls are sold as sex slaves to furnish the whorehouses and the homosexual establishments for lewd men and women coming from all over the world to satisfy their filthy sexual perversions.

When you married Elin Nordegren, who worked for your friend Jesper Parnevik in 2004, you took a vow to stay true to her as your wife and forsake all other women. Buddha has no solution for a man that has committed adultery, only Jesus can help you and your wife. No religion, friends, rehab or anything you buy will help. Has your life reached a low enough point that you are willing to let Jesus help you?

Elin came from a broken home because her father (Thomas Nordegren) let her down when he divorced her mother (Barbro Holmberg). Your wife comes from a dysfunctional broken family, and since Barbro is a strong member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and at one time held the post as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, it does not look like her mother knew Jesus either. Thus, Elin has no inner strength and no one to pray to, so she cannot give comfort to your children when they learned that daddy has been unfaithful to their mother.

All over the world people have lost their way, and instead of turning to God, they abuse alcohol and drugs, trying to find comfort in sexual escapades and hope in various religions. But there is Jesus who can give you and Elin the relief you seek. Jesus was God’s own son who died on the cross for you and all people in the world. He rose from the dead after three days, returned to heaven and our Heavenly Father and now intercedes for people to be saved and born again.  

Forty years from now most of the people in the world will have forgotten your name and will not even remember how great a golfer you were. Look at all the sport stars before you that have been forgotten with time. Only those people who have contributed their lives to helping others or achieved something great which helped mankind are remembered. But even these people will fade away as we will enter eternity, and the only people that will be remembered will be those who walked with God and represented Jesus to a dying world. Look at what Jesus said some 2000 years ago:

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:24-26 KJV)

There is only one way to victory for you and Elin, repent of your sins, ask God to forgive you and receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. This is what Jesus said about salvation:

'Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.' (John 3:3-8 KJV)"