Quote Originally Posted by mrdevious
It's a commonly used ignorant statement, based on the assumption that buddha was some magical man like jesus or whoever. In reality though, it's like saying you don't believe in socrates. Buddha was just a great philosopher, he never claimed to be any type of devine being.
If you're to believe in the "historical buddha", than it is just as logical to believe in an "historical Jesus". Now the question about the legitimacy of Jesus isn't whether he existed, but if he was who he says he was.

note: this is also a partial response to MudFu's question "how could you not believe in buddha...historical figure etc"