Ofcourse Chrisitianity and Buddhism are two distinct religions with two different aspects to life.
However, both got one great man in them; namely Jesus and Buddha.
Now one thing is for certain, both men actually lived.
The question is whether they were as divine as scriptures claim or not.
There are lots of scriptures on how Jesus was able to split the ocean or turn a wand into a snake while Budhha had golden aura covering Him before dying.
So what I want to know is; with all the scriptures and history tellings of Buddha having aura and being free of karma; do you believe the story of of Him is true and do you agree with his teachings on reincarnation and etc.?
Note that you Christians rely on all the books and scriptures on Jesus' history to claim His validity.
Therefore I assume you would treat Buddhism with the same manner?
So if you don't believe in His stories with all the writings why would you believe in Jesus' stories when they are basically equal?
2007-10-23 15:58:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A great teacher.
Love and blessings Don
2007-10-23 16:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus and The Buddha: great men who have given us amazing teachings to follow for inner peace and happiness. Read an excellent book called 'Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness' by Henepola Gunaratana. Able to see many, many like-minded teachings of The Buddha and Jesus' teachings, while reading this book.
Jesus and The Buddha both taught not to judge, to walk with patience & compassion, to forgive, to show unconditional love/lovingkindness, not to harm others in thought, word or deed, and more.
2007-10-24 16:25:35 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian because I was baptized to be one, I pray with some power in Jesus' name and I am by nature charitable. I am also a Buddhist because I try to follow the Four Noble Truths. I am not concerned with the embellishments and dogmatism that unnecessarily alienate the two disciplines. But Christ taught a religion. The Buddha taught a philosophy of life.
2007-10-23 23:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
HELLO...
I'm a Christian who believes in reincarnation.
When you assume that ALL Christian believe this, or that ALL Christians believe that, you make an *** of yourself.
BTW:
It wasn't Jesus who split the "ocean" (it was actually the Red Sea), or who turned Aaron's staff into a serpent. It was Moses.
Yet again you display your complete ignorance of Biblical scripture.
2007-10-24 05:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...no. there is actually a lot more reliable evidence on the writings of Jesus than Buddha. yeah, but you ask of a key point of the Christian religion: it is very true that by faith that we believe. even if there were no evidence on Earth of God, we would still believe - simply because we know it is true in our hearts. i know it doesnt sound logical to atheists, but...it is hard to explain you know? lol...if you ever become a Christian, you will know the joy and assurance we have in our hearts. it is NOT natural, in fact very supernatural.
2007-10-23 23:08:43 · answer #5 · answered by chazna 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
He seemed jolly enough but he might have wanted to lay off the sushi and do a few more rounds of Tai Chi to lose a few of those unsightly chins.
2007-10-23 23:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This just reads like so much more Psycho-babble from still another Christian-Basher.
Why not use any talents you might have to do something constructive?
2007-10-25 23:43:25 · answer #7 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe Budda was a wise man, Christ is the Messiah. Christ is the son of the most Holy God. That is what Christians believe right? Therefore, I do not worship Budda. Thank you and good night.
2007-10-23 23:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by brown eyed girl 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
No, Buddhism has a man. Christianity has God.
2007-10-23 23:04:14 · answer #9 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Budda was a man, and I am sure that he meant well, but I pray for his disciples, lest they end up in hell.
2007-10-24 08:25:02 · answer #10 · answered by midnitrondavu 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋