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Ways in which Buddhism differs from Hinduism:
1) No need for priests (brahmins) or rituals.
2) Anyone can enter Nirvana, no matter how lowly, whereas in Hinduism only the brahmins could achieve moksha.
3) In Theravada Buddhism, there are no gods. The Buddha is not a god.
4) Karma is not earned by following the dharma of your caste. Instead you can move toward entry into Nirvana by following the eightfold path.
5) As the "middle way" Buddhism rejects extreme asceticism as well as great wealth. The ideal in Hinduism is extreme asceticism.
Ways in which Buddhism and Hinduism are similar:
1) Both believe in reincarnation.
2) Both believe there are many different paths to enlightenment.
3) Both believe that our suffering is caused by excessive attachment to things and people in the physical world.
4) Both believe in an ultimate spiritual reality beyond the illusions of the physical world.
5) Both practice meditation and other forms of yoga.
6) Both believe that eventually all living spirits will achieve enlightenment and liberation, even if it takes many incarnations.
Hinduism and Buddhism have common origins in the Ganges culture of southern India during the so-called "second urbanisation" around 500 BCE.[1]
originally posted by: clevargenuis
originally posted by: gflyg
a reply to: clevargenuis
Actually There are valid atheist arguments as far as Adam and eve go....
I said nothing about Adam and Eve.
And once again atheists conflate belief in God with the tales in the bible.
have you ever considered tge possibility that one can believe in God WITHOUT having anything to do with the bible
All religions believe there is a heaven and a hell, that there is one true religion, all the rest are fake, the believers of the one true religion go to heaven, and all everybody else burns in hell.
originally posted by: flyingfish
Well good for you! All you need to do is figure out which God is the "correct" God. This of course is going to mean you still will be atheist to all the other gods you reject, unless you pick Zeus, the god of gods!
But...then again be careful... Hell awiats.
originally posted by: Joecanada11
a reply to: clevargenuis
It still doesn't make it true. Most people believed the earth used to be flat. That didn't make it true.
originally posted by: Joecanada11
a reply to: clevargenuis
And grouping Hindu and buddisn into the same beliefs shows your ignorance.
originally posted by: Joecanada11
a reply to: clevargenuis
No it doesn't make it true. It makes it a theory. And btw buddists do not believe in an afterlife punishment. They believe in reincarnation and karma. As do the Vedic traditions.
originally posted by: clevargenuis
Contd.
So anyway, I relooked the whole internet atheist movement and I noticed the following
1. The vast majority of there arguements revolve around finding discrepancies in bible tales
2. they dont have a real argument against the existence of a spirit world, or a higher dimension (that michio kaku writes about). Maybe that is the key to understanding the spirit realm.
3. a lot of atheists dont take debates with religion seriously its basicly "religion is dumb and your dumb lol"
4. theres a lot of pretentious pseudo intellectual bs that is paraded around as "rational" and logical.
5. A lot of attention whoring for "likes" etc.
I do agree with atheists that religions have caused problems but so what? democracy and capitalism also cause problems, it just depends on perspective.
Also, its a fact that every culture on the planet believes in unseen world - God, angels, demons, heaven and hell. We are hardwired to believe in God, and,its only later in life that people choose not to believe.