XPost: soc.history.alt.religion.buddhism, alt.religion.christianity,   
   alt.religion   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:10:50 GMT, alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
   (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote:   
      
   >> That there are startling coincidences between Buddhism and   
   >> Christianity cannot be denied, and it must likewise be   
   >> admitted that Buddhism existed at least 400 years before   
   >> Christianity. I go even further, and should feel extremely   
   >> grateful if anybody would point out to me the historical   
   >> channels through which Buddhism had influenced early   
   >> Christianity.   
      
   There are indeed similarities between Buddhism and Christianity,   
   though they tend to be superficial.   
      
   As you get closer to the centre they seem to converge more and more   
   until suddenly they jump apart like same-pole magnets, because at the   
   centre Christianity is personal while Buddhism is impersonal.   
   Christianity involves an I-Thou relationship with a personal God. For   
   Buddhism there ios nobody home, the human person does not exist, and   
   nor does a personal God.   
      
      
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