Did Christianity originate from Buddhism?

• OldMan

  9 May 06, 02:16

  http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu/1995_May_2/msg00015.html
  
  

  There is a good likelihood that Jesus' ideas were influenced by Buddhism, since Judea was on the crossroads of world trade routes between the eastern Mediterranean and India, and some Buddhist ideas reportedly made it to Greece and Egypt.

• laoda99

  9 May 06, 02:17

  tot u say christianity and buddhism different
• OldMan

  9 May 06, 02:18

  Originally posted by laoda99:

  tot u say christianity and buddhism different

  the life stories of Buddha and Jesus have vast similarities, could be the latter copied the former
• Ito_^

  9 May 06, 02:19

  copied is still copied. a pirated cd will never become original ver. even if their contents are exactly the same.
• OldMan

  9 May 06, 02:20

  http://www.watthai.net/talon/wheel/wheel16_1.htm
  
  

  
  The biographies of Buddha and Christ show many similar features. Both were born in a miraculous way. Soon after their birth, their future greatness is proclaimed by a sage (Asita, Simeon). Both astonish their teachers through the knowledge they possess, though still in their early childhood. Both are tempted by the devil before they start upon their public career. Both walk over the water (//Jataka//, 190; //Matth.//, 14, 26). Both feed 500 and 5,000 persons, respectively (//Jataka//, 78; //Mark//, 14, 16ff.) by multiplying miraculously the food available. The death of both is accompanied by great natural phenomena. Also the parables ascribed to them show some similarities as, for instance, the story of the sower (//Samyutta//, 42, 7; //Matth.// 13,3), of the prodigal son (//Lotus of the Good Law//, Chap. IV; //Lk.//, 14), of the widow's mite (//Kalpanamanditika//; //Mark// 12).
  

• laoda99

  9 May 06, 02:20

  Originally posted by OldMan:

  the life stories of Buddha and Jesus have vast similarities, could be the latter copied the former

  so u are claiming buddhism superiority?
• OldMan

  9 May 06, 02:22

  Originally posted by laoda99:

  so u are claiming buddhism superiority?

  im saying that all religions copy here copy there, buddhism has its roots in hinduism.
• laoda99

  9 May 06, 02:23

  Originally posted by OldMan:

  im saying that all religions copy here copy there, buddhism has its roots in hinduism.

  hmmm.......u mean syncretism?
• OldMan

  9 May 06, 02:27

  Originally posted by laoda99:

  hmmm.......u mean syncretism?

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism
  
  bearing in mind that all major religions in present day emerged about 2000 years ago, it's highly likely that they were influenced by one another.
• Blue Stardust

  9 May 06, 03:00

  should be another way round...cause Buddhism come from india...and india at some time was influence by islam where some of their stories are nearly the same as in the bible.
  
• laoda99

  9 May 06, 03:02

  Originally posted by Blue Stardust:

  should be another way round...cause Buddhism come from india...and india at some time was influence by islam where some of their stories are nearly the same as in the bible.
  

  hmmm
  
  tot buddhism comes before Christianity, and then islam comes after Christianity?
• Blue Stardust

  9 May 06, 03:11

  Originally posted by laoda99:

  hmmm
  
  tot buddhism comes before Christianity, and then islam comes after Christianity?

  Before China have buddhism...many people believe in Taoist...sea god, earth god monkey god, and many other gods..(all kind of gods they can think of)
  
  where Buddhism believe more on enlightenment of oneself...not on gods at all...
  But when it come into china...the people(commoner) mix them together...but actually they are two school of thoughts.
  
  
• laoda99

  9 May 06, 03:14

  Originally posted by Blue Stardust:

  Before China have buddhism...many people believe in Taoist...sea god, earth god monkey god, and many other gods..(all kind of gods they can think of)
  
  where Buddhism believe more on enlightenment of oneself...not on gods at all...
  But when it come into china...the people(commoner) mix them together...but actually they are two school of thoughts.
  
  

  I think b4 China have buddhism, they have confucianism.
  
  Taoist comes much later.......claim to have roots from Daoism, but actually does not resemble the original Daoism (Lao Tzu/Zhuang Tzu) and later develop to many different gods....
• DriftingGuy

  9 May 06, 03:20

  
  Actually you all can go all the way back to prehistoric man's primitive believe in a supreme being or GOD, before religon.
• OldMan

  9 May 06, 03:31

  Originally posted by Blue Stardust:

  should be another way round...cause Buddhism come from india...and india at some time was influence by islam where some of their stories are nearly the same as in the bible.
  

  you got your history all wrong. buddhism was founded 2500 years ago, 500 years before christianity and 1000 years before islam.
• Blue Stardust

  9 May 06, 03:38

  Originally posted by laoda99:

  I think b4 China have buddhism, they have confucianism.
  
  Taoist comes much later.......claim to have roots from Daoism, but actually does not resemble the original Daoism (Lao Tzu/Zhuang Tzu) and later develop to many different gods....

  correct...but later on, the emperors like in the Tang dynasty and some other later dynasy, the emperors believe more towards buddhism...so the whole country also changes, as people follow their emperor....so along the way...some people cannot understand the diff...so take them in.
  
  Simple one is what everybody knows...the story: "Journey to the West"
  
  The characters inside are mixture.
  
  Same to the christianity...when it set root to a society..it changes to fit into that people culture...same to islam....that is why so many diff kind...
  
  
• Blue Stardust

  9 May 06, 03:40

  Originally posted by OldMan:

  you got your history all wrong. buddhism was founded 2500 years ago, 500 years before christianity and 1000 years before islam.

  so what buddhism is like 2500 years ago...? what do they do?
• Beyond Religion

  9 May 06, 08:41

  Originally posted by Blue Stardust:

  so what buddhism is like 2500 years ago...? what do they do?

  Pretty much like what Buddhists do today, I should think.
  
  We never started any wars nor killed anyone in the name of Buddhism, and we never will. We strive to exercise compassion, loving kindness, equanimity and altuistic joy. We also strive to propagate the dharma so as to work towards cessation of suffering of oneself and all other beings.
• Beyond Religion

  9 May 06, 08:45

  Originally posted by OldMan:

  you got your history all wrong. buddhism was founded 2500 years ago, 500 years before christianity and 1000 years before islam.

  Don't quote me, but I think Christianity was more like 700 years before Islam. Yeah... but Buddhism predates Christianity by about 500 years.
• pwnz0r

  9 May 06, 08:57

  You guys are missing out proper facts. Consider Judaism: how does that compare against your timeline of religions?
  
  You must remember that Christianity is an evolution of Judaism, roots of Christianity stretch far back beyond Jesus Christ.
• Beyond Religion

  9 May 06, 09:45

  Originally posted by pwnz0r:

  You guys are missing out proper facts. Consider Judaism: how does that compare against your timeline of religions?
  
  You must remember that Christianity is an evolution of Judaism, roots of Christianity stretch far back beyond Jesus Christ.

  We are not deliberately missing out Judaism. The focus of the timeline is on the three major religions of the world today (Christianity, Buddhism and Islam). If we want to list an exclusive timeline of all existing religions, we would also have to include Hinduism and the various types of diety worship, not to mention paganism, a part of which is adopted into Christianity.
• Nelstar

  9 May 06, 09:51

  Old Testament dates some 10,000 years.
  Hinduism dates some 6,000 years back.
  
  BTW Christianity originated from another religion.
  
  The religion where Fire was worshipped, a shamanic religion.
  
  
• neutral_onliner

  9 May 06, 12:49

  Originally posted by Blue Stardust:

  so what buddhism is like 2500 years ago...? what do they do?

  Hi Blue Stardust,
  
  To noe more abt buddhism pls read tis which i have posted
  
  uniqueness of buddhism
  
  http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=185088
• vince69

  9 May 06, 15:30

  may I know the purpose of this thread?
  Thanks
• An Eternal Now

  9 May 06, 19:18

  Originally posted by OldMan:

  im saying that all religions copy here copy there, buddhism has its roots in hinduism.

  Hmm... I would rather say - Buddha is the reformer of the old Hindu religion (which at that time was not called Hinduism but Brahmanism), just like Jesus came to 'reform' by giving the New Testament. Buddha rejected its ideas, practises, rejected the Vedas and rejected the caste system.
  
  However it is also true that modern Hinduism (Hinduism is only named after the Islam invaders in India) does have similarities with Buddhism - but I would suggest that it might not be the former which has 'copied' but could be another way round, that Buddhism has largely influenced Hinduism especially just prior to its fading off in India, which Buddhism became at one time almost absorbed into Hinduism as a sect. Anyway it can be quite a complex issue, so its not just 'Buddhism has its roots in Hinduism' thing.