In the history of World Religion, the collaborating authors Terry C. Muck, Harold A. Netland, Gerald R. McDermott recognizes Buddhism as a cross-cultural religion founded in India by a man named Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE). As a result of this finding, some people have crossover from Christian’s belief to the belief of Buddhism, namely Rita Gross in the year of 1973. It is evidently written that after much soul searching Rita Gross decided at the age of thirty to become a Buddhist. Originally, Rita Gross was a Christian, but the mutual acquaintance to the Christian’s religion so depart her spirit. As years went by, Rita Gross devotion to Buddhism became more adherent. Rita Gross states, “Buddhism and Christianity belong to two very different families of religious and
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However, their methods of gaining converts and spreading have been quite different. Rita Gross experiences among different religion inspired many textbook for reading concerning diversity problems within diversity religions. Rita Gross’s childhood upbringing as written in the textbook “Religious Diversity-What’s the Problem? Buddhist Advice for Flourishing with Religion Diversity highlights the disappointments about Christianity. Rita Gross’s spirit is no longer whole, but divided in religion and beliefs. Love is the driving force back to God, ( 2 Chron. 7:17, NASB). The author, Paul Louis Metzger states, “Those of us who are Christians must repent of our brokenness bound up with religious pride and with it our failure to see the beauty of those who are not yet believers in Christ. We need to approach them no matter their belief system and behaviors- with faith and hope and love, always hoping for the best, always longing for God to make all things and all people
However, their methods of gaining converts and spreading have been quite different. Rita Gross experiences among different religion inspired many textbook for reading concerning diversity problems within diversity religions. Rita Gross’s childhood upbringing as written in the textbook “Religious Diversity-What’s the Problem? Buddhist Advice for Flourishing with Religion Diversity highlights the disappointments about Christianity. Rita Gross’s spirit is no longer whole, but divided in religion and beliefs. Love is the driving force back to God, ( 2 Chron. 7:17, NASB). The author, Paul Louis Metzger states, “Those of us who are Christians must repent of our brokenness bound up with religious pride and with it our failure to see the beauty of those who are not yet believers in Christ. We need to approach them no matter their belief system and behaviors- with faith and hope and love, always hoping for the best, always longing for God to make all things and all people