Topic > The Pros and Cons of Religion - 1455

With 4,218 km separating their countries of birth, Christianity, from Jerusalem, Israel, and Buddhism, from Terai, Nepal, are seemingly the antithesis of each other. 'other and, consequently, fall within the theme of refuting any opposition. Christianity is a Western-dominated monotheistic religion, while Buddhism is an Eastern-dominated religion with no deities or gods. Some don't even consider Buddhism a real religion, but for the sake of argument, Buddhism is still lumped into the religious category. It appears that these two religions have no similarities except that they are both one religion, but even these admittedly opposing belief systems have similar values ​​and concepts and, in turn, a basis for common ground between the two. Christian and Buddhist beliefs overlap in multiple areas such as personal character and how to treat others, but what about more controversial topics, such as abortion? If Christians and Buddhists could share some sort of mutual understanding about an agreement that has plagued society for decades, any community, group or individual could find a way to go beyond simply coexisting with other belief systems, but also to demonstrate respect based on mutual moral principles.