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Religion? What would you think that means in your own words? Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power such as a personal God or gods. Christianity is a Semitic religion, whereas Buddhism is an Indian religion. With Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with approximately 2.2 billion adherents, known as Christians. Most Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God, fully formed and fully human, and the savior of humanity presented in the Old Testament. Christians refer to Jesus as Christ or the Messiah. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion that began as a Jewish sect in the mid-1st century. It originated in the Levant region of the Middle East and quickly spread to Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and Egypt. http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculum/do/document?urn=urn:bigchalk:US;BCLib;document;143485803
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Buddhism is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent; it has a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one”. Two major branches of Buddhism are generally recognized: Theravada (The School of the Elders) and Mahayana (The Great Vehicle), the Evidence of the early texts suggest that Siddhartha Gautama was born in a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the northeastern Indian subcontinent in the 5th century BCE. It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in which case his father was an oligarch. Both of the religions follow and believe in one spiritual leader and follow its teachings towards their people.
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Christianity, has various historical figures and events of Christianity Some historical figures include Adam, Eve, Jesus, God and non-bible characters like, Martin Luther, Mother Teresa etc. Some important events include The Last Supper, Crucifixion of Jesus.
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Buddhism has one main figure, Buddha or Siddhartha Gautama. In 309 BCE, the third Buddhist Council was convened by Asoka. In 300 BCE the oldest real documents were written in Brahmi script, although there already existed several varieties. In the mid-100s BCE Theravada Buddhism was officially introduced to Sri-Lanka by the Venerable Mahindra. In 1950 the Chinese Communist seizure of Tibet in. China agreed to set up a shared rule of Tibet with the Dalai Lama, but it was largely agreed with “in the name only” as the historic world would show in their text. (http://www.ehow.com/how_8710604_identify-five-historical-events-buddhism.html#ixzz2nBQNi5Qt) Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that his life on earth, by his crucifixion, his resurrection, and ascension into heaven are proof of God's love for humanity and God's forgiveness of human sins according to the scriptures. By having faith in Jesus one may attain salvation and eternal life because of his death he resurrection, from the dead and ascended into heaven; Christian ethics derive to a large extent from the Jewish tradition as presented in the Old Testament, particularly the Ten Commandments. BIBLE Buddhism teaches its followers that in this life they are only temporary vessels of body, emotions, thoughts, tendencies, and knowledge.
