the diferrences and the similarities between the christianity and the buddhism's belief about life and death?

Answer 1

Christianity and Buddhism are very different. The teachings of Karma, reincarnations and the belief that there is not a personal God goes opposite to Christianity teachings, so all the fundamental beliefs are different.

Answer 2

most religion tell you to believe in the external God,your life is in the hands of God,Buddha tell you to believe in yourself,have faithin youreslf becaues every being has the Buddha nature in them,the live after death is not judge by any 'God' but by your own deeds,Christans believe God is behind all this not for Buddhist,the door of hell and heaven is open by ourself,you will go to where your deeds lead you,if your deeds is evil,you will still ends up in hell even if you are a Buddhist,it is sad that Buddhism has been tag as a religion because The Buddha did not preach he teaches,he is a teacher not a preacher,the relationship between the Buddha and a buddhist is,studen and teacher,he cannot 'save' you form hell,he can only teach you the ways and by following the teachings,you save yourself, with most religion their 'God'have the ablity,Buddha can do anything but cannot undo what you had done.good luck,do you believe in yourself?

Answer 3

I'd say they're remarkably similar.

Rebirth was part of the doctrine of early Christianity. Historically, references to the idea were removed from the Bible under the influence of a Roman Emperor, after the Treaty of Nicea (4th Century AD).

Both teach universal love & kindness.

Both have exacting ethical codes.

Both teach one to 'become one with God', in the sense of understanding Him, and realising him in your heart.

Those who look for differences, neglect the essential, and gather only the inessential.

Answer 4

A Ready Defense by Josh McDowell

Buddhism and Christianity

There are radical differences between Buddhism and Christianity that make any attempt of reconciliation between these two faiths impossible. The Buddhistic worldview is basically monistic. That is, the existence of a personal creator and Lord is denied. The world operates by natural power and law, not divine command.

Buddhism denies the existence of a personal God.

Any concept of God was beyond man's grasp and since Buddhism was a practical approach to life, why not deal with practical things? India, where Buddhism was born, had so many Hindu gods that no one could number them. They were often made in the image of men, but Buddhism was made in the image of concepts about life and how life should be lived. If the truth were known, you often tell yourself, Buddhism has no God in the Hindu or Christian sense, nor does it have a savior or messiah. It has the Buddha. And he was the Enlightened One, the Shower-of-the-Way.

There are those who deify the Buddha but along with him they worship other gods. The Scriptures make it clear that not only does a personal God exist, but He is to be the only object of worship.

"You are My witness," declares the Lord, "And My servant whom I have chosen, in order that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me" (Isaiah 43:10, NASB).

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and His Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me" (Isaiah 44:6, NASB).

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me (Exodus 20:2,3, NASB).

Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For it is written 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve him only' " (Matthew 4:10, NASB).

Jesus therefore said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and out, and find pasture" (John 10:7-9, NASB).

There is no such thing in Buddhism as sin against a supreme being. In Christianity sin is ultimately against God although sinful actions also affect man and his world. The Bible makes it clear:

Against thee, thee only, I have sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight (Psalm 51:4, NASB).

Therefore, man needs a savior to deliver him from his sins.

According to Buddhist belief, man is worthless, having only temporary existence. In Christianity man is of infinite worth, made in the image of God, and will exist eternally. Man's body is a hindrance to the Buddhist while to the Christian it is an instrument for glorifying God.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth" (Genesis 1:26, NASB).

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? (1 Corinthians 6:19, NASB).

Another problem with Buddhism is the many forms it takes. Consequently, there is a wide variety of belief in the different sects with much that is contradictory. John B. Noss makes an appropriate comment:

The rather odd fact is that there ultimately developed within Buddhism so many forms of religious organization, cultus and belief, such great changes even in the fundamentals of the faith, that one must say Buddhism as a whole is really like Hinduism, a family of religions rather than a single religion. 17/146

With these and other differences, it can be seen readily that any harmonization of Christianity and Buddhism simply is not possible.

Answer 5

Christians believe that when someone dies they either go to heaven or somewhere else based on how they performed on earth. Buddhists believe that based on your karma, you will be reincarnated in another form.

Answer 6

No similiarities at all.

Christians are just dying to proclaim you as a future resident of hell, unless you give your support to the Church.

Buddhism is infinitely more complex and far different.
And while reincarnation is great, the ultimate goal of souls is to achieve enlightenment and "merge" with Divinity and the universe.
Like I said, complex.

Answer 7

Both believe in Life after death sorta

(You live in heaven)

(you're reincarnated)

Answer 8

hristians believe in the whole Heaven and Hell theory and the Buddhists believe in reincarnation