Joseph Gonzalez 1A 10-10-12

Christianity v.s Buddhism Have you ever thought that different religions have similarities? The christian faith has some similarities as the Buddhist faith but they also have differences just like any other religions compared to each other. A difference that Buddhist faith has is that they do not believe in most of the core of historical Christianity. A similarity that they do have in their faith is that they do not believe in "hurting another in a way that you would think would be hurtful to you." Although these religions are different they always have to have something in common. The Christian faith ties into my culture more then the Buddhist faith does. The reason for this is because Buddhist faith is more popular in the Mid-Eastern hemisphere. The Christian faith is more tied into my culture because it is a world wide known faith/religion. There are a lot of the Mexican ethnicity that are Catholic or Christian because the Buddhist faith is more for people that are from the Mid-Eastern hemisphere. A lot of the people that are from the Mid-Eastern hemisphere practice the study the religion of Buddhism. In the United States there are not that many people that study or practice the Buddhist faith. People are more comfortable with the well-known religion because they might feel insecure about what they're doing and do not know what they're doing in that religion. These two religions have a lot of differences, but I'm only going to talk about a few of the differences between the two religions. In the Buddhist faith they do not talk about or learn about the Garden Of Eden. In the Christian faith we learn Garden Of Eden because they say we are the descendents of Adam and Eve. The Buddhist faith also doesn't teach that god was not born a

virgin or executed and ressurected to go to heaven. Christians believe that god was the savior of the world and died for our sins. They also believe that a persons soul is unchanged after they die for all of their life. The Buddhist do not believe in this they think that this is surreal. The Christians believe that god will cone down to earth again sometime in the future, but the Buddhist do not believe that this will happen. Christianity and Buddhism are very seperate religions although they still share some beliefs. A belief that these two religions have is they both believe that they can come back to life after they are dead. They have different names, for their faith but they both mean that you come back to life after you die. In Christian faith it is called a ressurection and in Buddhism it is called a cycle of life. They also believe that you should not harm anyone in a way that you would not want to be harmed or that you would think is harmful if it was done to you. This quote is just like.the Golden rule in Christianity. These two religions do not believe in war they believe in love and justice for all. These two different religions have similarities but they also have differences. They may not be exactly the same but they are not supposed to or else they would be combined into one religion.