Buddhism help?

It's completely tolerant of all religions. It claims that there are many paths to salvation and theirs is only one of them. It's goal is to attain enlightenment and to liberate one's self from the cycle of endless suffering. A Buddha is a person who has realize the pointlessness of clinging and has liberated his or her self from suffering. A Buddha is freed from the cycle of rebirth and has attained Nirvana. There is no Buddhist conversion ritual. You're pretty much a Buddhist if you accept the four noble truths (life is suffering, desire is the cause of suffering, ending desire ends suffering, and the way to do this is to follow the eightfold path). The eightfold path is as follows: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. As for freedom, it's one of the most liberal religions out there. There are no commandments or sins. Some actions are consider counter-intuitive because they lead a person away from enlightenment, but they are not necessarily wrong, and won't necessarily lead you to hell. As for scripture, some sects are more into it than others. The Zen sect pays little attention to scripture, it is a very simple and direct path. Basically, Buddhism is a live and let live faith. Believe and do whatever you want.