With all the talk of a certain religion being "Chosen by God" its strange Anon's don't address Gautama Buddha and the 9 virtues of "AWAKENING"

Nine virtues

Recollection of nine virtues attributed to the Buddha is a common Buddhist meditation and devotional practice called Buddhānusmṛti. The nine virtues are also among the 40 Buddhist meditation subjects. The nine virtues of the Buddha appear throughout the Tipitaka,[142] and include:

Buddho – Awakened

Sammasambuddho – Perfectly self-awakened

Vijja-carana-sampano – Endowed with higher knowledge and ideal conduct.

Sugato – Well-gone or Well-spoken.

Lokavidu – Wise in the knowledge of the many worlds.

Anuttaro Purisa-damma-sarathi – Unexcelled trainer of untrained people.

Satthadeva-Manussanam – Teacher of gods and humans.

Bhagavathi – The Blessed one

Araham – Worthy of homage. An Arahant is "one with taints destroyed, who has lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached the true goal, destroyed the fetters of being, and is completely liberated through final knowledge."

GOD, whichever GOD you choose to believe in, is a BELIEF STRUCTURE. You were not chosen anymore than the choice of your daddy's sperm to bump into your mums egg. You CHOOSE to believe, you are not endowed with any god given right to anything except what you and your family/clan/society believes in.

Buddhism is about BEING BEST for yourself and your family

Also, Buddhists likes BOOMS so please bring it on.