Differences between Christianity and Buddhism

Christianity and Buddhism have different perspectives on religious rituals, marriage and laws. People with different religious beliefs tend to have contrasting cultures.

Christians and Buddhist practice different types of rituals for their religion. Prayer is a ritual used in Christianity they pray to their God for guidance, prayer is essential in their religion but Buddhist do not pray to anything they mediate to let go of everything. Sunday services are done differently in both religions, Buddhist Sunday's services are dedicated to meditating to Buddha with hopes of getting enlightenment. On the contrary, Christians Sunday's services consist of prayer, praise and worship and a message for God's people to get understanding. Christians and Buddhist have different views on communion. For Christians it is a time to remember Jesus Christ's sacrifice by eating bread and drinking wine in symbolizing His flesh and blood, but because the Buddha did not say anything about communion Buddhist do not partake in that activity, it is not necessary in their religion. In conclusion Buddhist and Christians have different rituals for their religion.

The viewpoints on marriage for Christians and Buddhist are different. For Buddhist marriage is not important, it is just an individual want. Whereas most Christians believe marriage is a gift from God so they should accept it. Christian marriage ceremonies are very elegant and meaningful because it exemplifies a covenant. If a buddhist decided to marry the wedding is very simple there is no dress code for the couple or the guests, the bride and groom might wear a Bhaku or just casual clothes. On the other hand, Christian weddings can be complex because of the preparations that need to be done for the wedding to be right in the eyes of God. The bride usually wears a long white gown symbolizing her purity and the groom wears a black suit or tuxedo to represent strength and sophistication. To summarize, Buddhist really have no motives for marriage but Christians do.

Buddhist and Christians contrast with their way of rules and laws. In Christianity there are commandments that must be followed for one to have a relationship with God, the commandments are put in place for the good of the people. However, in Buddhism they believe in the 5 moral precepts of Buddha which are basic rules that help get to enlightenment. Punishment and discipline are viewed differently in Buddhism and Christianity. Buddhist do not believe in any form of punishment, they believe that you get what you give or karma. Unlike buddhist, Christians believe that punishment comes from God when you do wrong towards Him or His people and discipline teaches self-control and love. The ultimate goal for Buddhist is to reach a point where they are awakened to everything in the world, for Christians the goal is to make it to heaven and meet their Creator. In the end Christians commandments and Buddhism rules differ from each other.

To sum up everything Christians and Buddhist have different religious views on rituals, marriage and laws.

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