Question: Some people say, ‘All religions are really the same.’ ‘Would you agree with them?
ANSWER: Religion is a phenomena far too complex and diverse to be encapsulated by a neat little statement like that. A Buddhist might say that this statement contains element of both falseness and truth. Buddhism teaches that there is no god while Christianity, for example, teaches that there is. I think that this is quite an important difference. However, one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible says;
This is exactly what Buddhism teaches — that the quality of our heart is more important than any super-normal powers we might have, our ability to foretell the future, the strength of our faith or any extravagant gestures we might make. So when it comes to theological concepts and theories Buddhism and Christianity certainly differ. But when it comes to heart—qualities, ethics and behavior they are very similar.
ANSWER: Religion is a phenomena far too complex and diverse to be encapsulated by a neat little statement like that. A Buddhist might say that this statement contains element of both falseness and truth. Buddhism teaches that there is no god while Christianity, for example, teaches that there is. I think that this is quite an important difference. However, one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible says;
This is exactly what Buddhism teaches — that the quality of our heart is more important than any super-normal powers we might have, our ability to foretell the future, the strength of our faith or any extravagant gestures we might make. So when it comes to theological concepts and theories Buddhism and Christianity certainly differ. But when it comes to heart—qualities, ethics and behavior they are very similar.
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