Q: But the Buddha said that the enlightened man can see all past and future lives.
A: Once again, you, an un-enlightened person, have the effrontery to speak of past and future lives! You have yet to understand this life, yet you vainly go about talking of past and future lives!
Q: But it is the Buddha who said these things, not myself.
A: What do you know of the Buddha? You who are unenlightened! How can you hope to understand the functioning of the enlightened mind? How can you hope to understand what an enlightened man means by "past and future lives?"
Q: Surely the Buddha wouldn't have taught us those things if they were untrue, or if they were so difficult that only one or two could ever understand them. The Buddha wanted to help us all to escape our suffering!
A: Again I say to you, how can you, who are un-enlightened, hope to understand what the Buddha did or did not intend? For that matter, how can you judge who is a Buddha? You have no comprehension of enlightenment, or the nature of an enlightened person. You are painting a picture of the enlightened man as you wish him to be. You are projecting your own false values and creating your own imaginary Buddha. You have fallen into exactly the same trap as Christians, who have created their own Jesus out of the evil broth of their own lies.
I think I have said enough for you to think about for one day.
Q: All I can say is that you are lucky we are spiritual people, otherwise we might well get violent with you for what you've said today.