“Second Coming”. They consider him one of the greatest of God’s messengers to mankind. The Qur’an even confirms his virgin birth in the chapter entitled Mary. The difference simply stated is that they feel Jesus was only a messenger of God: a great one but he is not viewed or believed to be the one true messiah.Buddhism a another religion of the world, has different beliefs that are different from Christianity. Buddhism arose from the Buddha Siddhartha Guatama, who after years of searching, came to enlightenment with intense concentration. Becoming a Buddha made him a priest. He lived a life begging for food and passing his message to others. Buddhism bases its beliefs on four noble truths about the world and an eightfold path to enlightenment by overcoming desire. This basis differs significantly from Christianity in many aspects. Buddhism differs on major sides that Christians often place their beliefs on. Buddhists do not believe in Gods. This is because they believe in man. They believe no one can save us but ourselves. They base many of there beliefs such as the origins of the earth and unexplainable occurrences, on science postulating that it (science) will eventually answer all the unknowns. From these ideas or beliefs the general idea can be expressed that Jesus is not viewed as anything more than a human that was able to encourage and gather followers. Buddhists even would view Jesus miracles as tricks with the eyes that occurred because of lack of true knowledge. From Muslim and Buddhism a general representation of different views of Jesus can be expressed. Jesus is viewed mainly in Christian religion as the Savior, while other religions may allow him to be a messenger he is not looked as the messiah. In fact most religions either have their own messiah or feel that he meaning messiah has not come yet. From viewing Muslims and Buddhism, I understand where they get their beliefs. Rel...
