Do all the major religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism etc) essentially teach the same values?

Question

I know all these, among other major faiths, have different histories, different stories, and their own unique claims about revelations of the divine.

But would you say that they all basically teach the same moral and ethical values?

Answer 1

Almost, but there are differences also.
Islam and Judaism emphasis on importance of blood relation, christianity does not.
Attitude of chrstianity toward sex is negative yet christians are most sex-centric people. Islam only emphasise make sex controlled and desciplined, it does not give any negative feeling about sex.

Answer 2

No, not really. The value of human life is quite different from one religion to the next. If you believe that this current existence is simply one in a long chain of existences in a cycle of reincarnation, death is just a part of life. But if you believe that man was originally created to live forever on earth and serve God, then death is unnatural and needs a solution. The mindsets that go with these two beliefs are very different.

Answer 3

Yes, but what values? One could make a strong argument that the value taught by religion of any stripe, is intolerance of every other. Some might say this is the root of much of the murder done in the world.

Answer 4

Yes all major religions essentially teach a good value in line with its related religion but not the same value.Good attitude and good doings are not the same in each major religion.For examples eating pork blood and salughtered animal without saying in the name of Allah are prohibited for muslims and for christians only wild pigs and for other religion follower it can be eaten. or no clear regulation about those.Praying , fasting,pilgrim,paying taxes, are well and clear regulated for muslims ,but for other religion followers are not clearly regulated.Freesex or adultery is not allowed for muslims,but for other religion followers is not clearly regulated..Each major religion basically teach the good motral and ethical value but its condition or content of value is not the same

Answer 5

The only religion that teach values and morals is Islam but the rest religions were distorted and became very bad.
and it is became learning profligacy and corruption

Answer 6

Everyone has an inside knowledge of what is right and wrong. It's just that 50% of the world population choose not to act right when they should.

Answer 7

Yes, it's simple. You must follow the new part an era. Islam is the last religion of the universe. Muhammad is the last prophet of on earth. So what. No confussion. Just follow the recent. But dont neglect what the good teaching from the previous.

Are you following your father and mother now? But you still remember the good deeds from your ancesstor.

Answer 8

Heavens NO!

For example in Christianity "right thought" is most important.
In Judaism, "right action" is most important.
In Buddhism, both are equally important.

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Answer 9

yes.all religions teach the same value. i am hindu and i got chance to stay with buddhist , muslim and christian. we were together for 2 years and i realize that all the religions teach the same value but the way is different.

Answer 10

There are some similarities between the moral/ethical values of different paradigms, but there are also many differences. Superficially there is congruence between certain ideas in different spiritual vehicles, and SOME refer to the same phenomena but the language and way of presenting them are different. With a more detailed analysis, we can see that some of the goals/destinations are the same or similar, but some goals are very different. This is due to the speficic causes and conditions generated by the different vehicles of thought. Minds are = to paths, and there are many different one's, each with their own characteristics, functions, and results. For example, if we examine Buddhist view regarding the 6 realms of samsara in relation to the practices of Sutra and Tantra, then contrast this with Hindu view, there are some similarities, but upon very close examination, we discover vast differences, not just with regard to methods, but the actual resultant experiences. Some are very similar, but they are also very different.

If we look at some ethics in Christianity, we will also find them in Buddhist view, but in the latter the ideas, definitions, characteristics, and methods of practicing are far more defined and practical, and their context is quite vast. This isn't an insult to Christians, I'm just making an observation of facts. For example, there are 3 types of love. There are extensive methods to generate these and prevent their degeneration, defining differences between love and attachment, explanation of their different levels of development, how to measure success, how they relate to other minds such as compassion, and what the final results are of developing universal love.

Moral discipline is very extensive in Buddhist teachings. Based on the well defined characteristics and divisions of karma (actions and their effects), and how this relates to all the different subjects in Buddhist psychology, philosophy, and metaphysics, there are many aspects to moral discipline: refuge, pratimoksha, bodhisattva, lojong, and tantric. Each one of these categories of morality has many divisions. Each division is well defined and given commentary so that we know how to keep them, how they're broken or damaged, and how to renew them, and how they are related to a wide variety of topics and other practices.

Moral discipline is an intention to abandon any fault or to maintain certain spiritual commitments based on wisdom and correct view. Correct view leads to correct intention which leads to correct actions that generate good/beneficial results. The vows and commitments of Buddhist discipline are minds that act as vessels to contain or maintain realization. A downfall would be like damaging or breaking that vessel. It's about watching the mind, and disciplining it to abandon useless views and intentions while adopting opposing ones that lead to realization.

For example, 'not to abandon love for any being' functions to help us develop universal love, which is totally unconditional and impartial. Due to lacking familiarity with the views related to love, and having too much familiarity with delusions like selfishness, attachment, and anger, we damage or break this moral value. By not keeping it we temporarily obstruct the development of love.

Buddhist moral training may seem needlessly too complicated, but that is because of our laziness, and so, there is a discipline to overcome that mind too. Discipline is a way of life, of training the mind. It is medicine. If we understand the various divisions and so forth over time, we understand that it is complex because the mind is complex, and so, we see the benefits of a thorough explanation of our mind. The practice itself can be quite simple, but the deeper into it we get, the more challenging we realize the training is. It is this need for vigilance and effort that seems so daunting because generally speaking, people want results without having to create their causes. Buddha said that with effort we will accomplish everything, but with laziness we will accomplish nothing.

Many people believe 'lack of restraint' = 'freedom'. From one point of view this is correct. In the context of spiritual development though - regarding mind- the NEED for lack of restraint (from negativity and downfalls) = bondage, not freedom, while a well trained mind gives real freedom.

There are some great posts here specifically related to the question. I thought it might be useful to give some insight into Buddhist discipline to show there can be quite dramatic differences between morality in the different vehicles of thought.