Rivals to Christianity: Buddhism

There was a famous manga called Saint Young Men that had Jesus Christ and the Buddha living as roommates in an apartment in Tokyo. It is a very popular misconception that Buddhism is a cousin faith to Christianity, but the truth is... it very much resembles the warning Our Lord taught about the house built on sand. (Matthew 7:24-27)

Buddhism, first of all, doesn't believe in a creator. In fact, belief in an eternal, immutable creator is considered one of the 62 wrong views to hold, seeing that the Buddhist universe is always chaotic and in flux.

Second, Buddhism believes that there's no eternal hell. This follows from the belief that there's no eternal, immutable creator. By cause and effect, a person can be reborn in Hell... but it is temporary. Seeing that Christianity believes in an eternal, immutable creator, it is possible for an unbeliever to be sent to Hell forever, because that person's suffering is relative to someone eternal and immutable, which cannot happen in Buddhism.

Third, Buddism believes in rebirth. There are many realms (god, asura, animal, etc...) that a person can be reborn into, including a human being again. This ties in with the fact that Buddhism doesn't believe in a creator: a perfect creator doesn't make mistakes, and so there's never a need for the second creation of a person.

What more can be said? There's a plethora of differences between Christianity and Buddhism, but these are the three most glaring differences that shows that the Buddhist is ultimately building his house on shifting sand, and the fall will be catastrophic.

"Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock, And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand, And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof." (Matthew 7:24-27).

There couldn't be more different religions.