The Pros And Cons Of Religion

In today’s culture, dominated by being right and shunning anyone who dares to oppose that right option, society is in a constant game of who can convert the most people to their beliefs. Since there were people to debate about it, even before there were Twitter memes of Kim Davis to retweet or website articles like The Plan For Muslim World Dominance, religion has been a staple topic to be right about. As society appears to be falling apart at its seams, it is time to set pride aside and find common ground. As a nation of immigrates, Americans live side-by-side with Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. No longer do public schools have Christian-based daily pray, and almost 10% of the 114th Congress consists of religions other than Christianity. It is time the world’s people found their

With 4,218 Km separating their birth countries, Christianity, from Jerusalem, Israel, and Buddhism, from Terai, Nepal, are seemingly the antithesis of each other and consecutively, fall into the theme of disproving any opposition. Christianity is a western dominate, monotheistic religion, while Buddhism is an eastern dominate with no deities or gods. Some don’t even consider Buddhism as an actual religion, but for the sake of the argument, Buddhism is still placed under the religion category. It seems that these two religions have no similarities except for both being a religion, but even these professedly polar opposite systems of beliefs have similar values and concepts and in turn, a base for common ground between the two. Christian and Buddhist’s beliefs overlap in multiple areas like personal character and how to treat others, but what about the more controversial topics, like abortion? If Christians and Buddhists could share some kind of mutual understanding on an agreement that has plagued society for decades, any community, group, or individual can find a way to more than just coexist with other belief systems but demonstrate respect based on mutual moral