CHRISTIANITY VS. JUDAISM Christianity and Judaism are religions that are each very unique. Although they both have plenty of differences, they also have similarities. In fact they probably have more in common than some of the other major religions in the world, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Although both Christians and Jews believe God to be their creator and controller; Judaism has no founder, as opposed to Christianity whose founder was Jesus Christ. In Christianity it is believed that Jesus Christ was the savior to all humanity and was sent to Earth by his father (God) to pay for the sins of all mankind.
Such as, Mormons believe in God and Jesus Christ. They follow the Bible and the Book of Mormon, whereas Buddhist do not believe in one particular God but rather that we can reach enlightenment like God, they do not have a set “Bible” but rather rules to follow and texts that tell how to live. I found that the similarities between the two religions are that they both want to do good for and in this world that we live. Both Mormonism and Buddhism follow similar commandments to live their life by. Whether it be to reach heaven and find favor in Heavenly Father eyes so that they may live in the presence of God Almighty forever or to reach a point of enlightenment, and realization of the world around them, they are here for generally the same purpose; to make this world a better place and to help those around
Additionally, both believe in the spiritual practices such as meditation, yoga, concentration, and cultivation of states of mind, called mindfulness. While Hinduism and Buddhism share similarities, they also celebrate differences; Hinduism is not founded by any particular prophet and Buddhism was founded by Buddha and Buddhists do not believe in the existence of souls like Hindus, neither do they believe in the sacred texts of the Vedas or any other Hindu scripture. Refuge in the Buddha, the Sangha and Dhamma are the three fundamental requirements of the eight fold path while Hinduism offers many choices to its followers for
Buddha was just an ordinary human that achieved enlightenment and preached his understandings. Jesus, however, plays a much more important role as a redeemer in Christian theology, who paid His life as ransom for human’s sin. Jesus is the most important and only living proof of God’s unconditional love. In this paper, I offer a detailed comparison of Jesus the Christ and Gautama the Buddha, focusing on the problem of suffering. To be more specific, I compare these two figures from following perspectives: the life experience of both, how do they understand the why there exists suffering and how to get rid of it; what is the final goal of life; what is the historic significance of each; the how they see themselves; as well as how their teachings complement each other.
Christianity shares the same beliefs of God and the Old Testament with Judaism. However, the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ separates the two, with Christians believing Christ is both God and the human son of God and Jews considering him as a great Messiah, but not God’s son. Buddhism and Christianity are practiced by major populations in the world, amongst different races and languages than their original founders. Buddhism started strong in India and countries close by, declined during the Middle Ages, and has now expanded tremendously throughout the whole continent, becoming the fourth-largest religion in the world. Similarly, Christianity started throughout Jerusalem (Galilee) and spread as Jesus traveled around with his
In Christianity people worship God. In the Buddhist religion they do not really have a God that they worship. Some of the Buddhist members worship the Buddha even though that is not what the Buddha wanted them to do. He really wanted them to follow his teachings to reach a life of no suffering. This religion is also different from Christianity because in services there is a minister and deacons that lead the service.
Hindu’s do not feel as sure about being able to break the cycle. - In order to break the chain of desire a Buddhist must give up ass sensuous pleasures, evil, sorrow and joy. ⃰ There is intense meditation that is to be followed and also a list of religious principles. ⃰ The meditation that is done is not a prayer to God but a prayer of self discipline. ⃰ It’s a focus to get the life force in line.
This worldview is quite similar to Christianity. Both Christian theism and EPM’s goal is to reunite with God or Brahman. In EPM there is no right or wrong while in Christian theism one must follow Christian moral values. Furthermore, the major difference that I can notice is that in Christian theism, God loves us as individuals while in EPM individuality means nothing. The best way to be one with Brahman is to do nothing, to achieve nirvana.
Paul Tillich argues against the literal theologians and the social scientists as well. He says that “religion has rediscovered its true place in man’s spiritual life, namely, in its depth, out of which it gives substance, ultimate meaning, judgment and creative courage to all functions of the human spirit.” (Tillich 9) In my opinion and it may be clouded by my religion, which is Christianity, is that God does exist and one will not
Many, if not most, Christians would argue that they believe the second statement and that morality depends entirely on God as he is omnipotent and omnibenevolant and so is the source of goodness. One reason why atheists would argue that Christians cannot follow any other statement is because if morality was grounded if something other than God, it means that atheists could do morally good actions consciously, without requiring religious faith, and could perhaps be more morally good than a Christian, making belief in or obedience to God pointless. Therefore, theists need to claim that morality can only be understood through God because what He commands is good, to set them apart from and above the rest of society in