Eastern and Western Religions: Differences and Similarities
Eastern and Western Religions: Differences and Similarities
On this vast planet with billions of people occupying its space, we can see that people have many differences, yet we are similar at our core. People always strive to find why who put us on this Earth and and we have gone to many lengths to find those answers. Religion has answered many of those particular questions for use. People feel at peace knowing that through religion we have found purpose in life and death. Much like people, religion is very different. There is no one-core religion for all people on Earth and Religion is very dependent on many things, environment and cosmic changes to add a few. So, we divide Earths religions (in regards to major religions) as Eastern and Western. Although water separates the east and the west we can see that there are similarities between them, yet because of religions adapting and evolving there are many differences in how they came to be.
Eastern religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto) have originated long before western religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) have been able to stick around today. As stated in World Religions textbook pg. 16 Buddhism is a religion that went through reaction and redefinition and has been able to stay alive. Much of this has to do with the fact that many eastern religions urge change, as change is a way of life. In many of these popular eastern religions we can see many changes have unfolded in order for them to continue to be practiced. Many eastern religions are very accepting to the “new” and do not try to constrain its followers. Western religions on the other hand can be seen as very conservative, rigid religions, yet as they continue to grow we see more and more change happening to be able to grow.
Eastern and western religions differ in many of there main beliefs. Eastern religions have a few key beliefs that are similar to include: relationship with polytheism, possession of a
On this vast planet with billions of people occupying its space, we can see that people have many differences, yet we are similar at our core. People always strive to find why who put us on this Earth and and we have gone to many lengths to find those answers. Religion has answered many of those particular questions for use. People feel at peace knowing that through religion we have found purpose in life and death. Much like people, religion is very different. There is no one-core religion for all people on Earth and Religion is very dependent on many things, environment and cosmic changes to add a few. So, we divide Earths religions (in regards to major religions) as Eastern and Western. Although water separates the east and the west we can see that there are similarities between them, yet because of religions adapting and evolving there are many differences in how they came to be.
Eastern religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto) have originated long before western religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) have been able to stick around today. As stated in World Religions textbook pg. 16 Buddhism is a religion that went through reaction and redefinition and has been able to stay alive. Much of this has to do with the fact that many eastern religions urge change, as change is a way of life. In many of these popular eastern religions we can see many changes have unfolded in order for them to continue to be practiced. Many eastern religions are very accepting to the “new” and do not try to constrain its followers. Western religions on the other hand can be seen as very conservative, rigid religions, yet as they continue to grow we see more and more change happening to be able to grow.
Eastern and western religions differ in many of there main beliefs. Eastern religions have a few key beliefs that are similar to include: relationship with polytheism, possession of a