Major Differences between Buddhism and Christianity

-Atheism:Classical buddhism believe in spirits not god no personal diety -Idoltry:Images and shrines that they worship can easily become idols.They say they are unacceptable for god is to great to have this -Role of the self:Buddhism beliefs self must be extinguished and submerged to nirvanas nothingness.Christanity says the self must be reborn,converted but not destroyed. Desire:Evil and suffering for buddhism they should be extinguished,christiany says your natural desires are corrupted by sin they need to be redeemed and purified.Sin has corrupted our desires but we don’t think they should be eliminated -Prayer and mediation:Buddhist practice a lot prayer,it usually is ritualistic and acquires some meritation.If their is no god who are you praying to(ancestors,buddha),christians prayer is a dialoge between the believer and personal god it is a conversation between us and god -Ultimate Goal: In buddhism is to extingush personal desires and identy until self is eliminated into nirvana(cosmin nothingness) While christinatiny the eternal salvation is what the goal is,each person should spent infinity with god -Salvation(grace vs works):Buddhism is salvation by works while christianity is salvation by grace(cross) -Buddha last words:All things decay and generally workout your salvation