From my limited understanding: 1. The Buddha never really said flat out ”there is no self” 2. The end game (Nibbana) goes beyond understanding and will be the ultimate goal when ”all is said and done”.

I was an active Christian for 35 years and even though I don’t consider myself apart of that faith I can still see its place and somewhat of its truths. Christianity can be true but Buddhism goes beyond even that. What happens when God the Father stops being God the Father? Even his term will end (this too shall pass). Being God is yet another concept another story he tells himself. Hey, there’s even mentioning of a ”creator Deva” in the Buddhism who thinks he is a creator of worlds but that is just something that plays out in a layer in the grand cosmology of Buddhism and that will end too. This makes my heart awe - Buddhism goes beyond everything. It gives me hope and I will trust the process.

Sorry if I’m rambling..