There are many types of religion in the world. Many of the religions include Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Judaism, Jainism, etc. Many times, people find many differences between many religions, which may arise in conflict. However, it is important that we learn to respect other religions and know about their beliefs. Many people believe that practically all religions are the same: worship a god, follow rules, and get salvation. But it’s more complicated than that; some religions have a God, some don’t; some believe in salvation, some don’t; some have strict rules, others don’t have that many. Two of the religions that vary a lot are Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity “is a religion based upon the teachings
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As mentioned before, a Christian worships God to avoid going to hell. If a Christian follows the commandments and accept Jesus as Lord and savior, they will ascend to heaven once they die and live eternally (sptimmortalityproject.com). “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46). Buddhism, goes the other way. Buddhism believe in reincarnation, the solution to escape the cycle of reincarnation is to literary stop existing. They can do this by seeking enlightenment. Once people reach enlightenment, they go to nirvana. Once they are there, they stop existing, achieving Buddhism final goal (urbandharma.org). Even the number of times you have to achieve this is opposite. Christians believe that you only have one life and one chance to achieve eternal life; Buddhists believe in reincarnation so they have many lives to achieve …show more content…
This aren’t the only religions with lots of differences, many religions share also share many differences. However, this differences don’t make the religions bad, it just makes them different. Differences shouldn’t lead to conflict nor should you view other religions lesser than yours. We should all respect other religions if we want them to respect
As mentioned before, a Christian worships God to avoid going to hell. If a Christian follows the commandments and accept Jesus as Lord and savior, they will ascend to heaven once they die and live eternally (sptimmortalityproject.com). “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46). Buddhism, goes the other way. Buddhism believe in reincarnation, the solution to escape the cycle of reincarnation is to literary stop existing. They can do this by seeking enlightenment. Once people reach enlightenment, they go to nirvana. Once they are there, they stop existing, achieving Buddhism final goal (urbandharma.org). Even the number of times you have to achieve this is opposite. Christians believe that you only have one life and one chance to achieve eternal life; Buddhists believe in reincarnation so they have many lives to achieve …show more content…
This aren’t the only religions with lots of differences, many religions share also share many differences. However, this differences don’t make the religions bad, it just makes them different. Differences shouldn’t lead to conflict nor should you view other religions lesser than yours. We should all respect other religions if we want them to respect