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A 4 page research paper that contrasts and compares the Buddhist and Christian conceptualizations of the Divine and their eschatology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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authors take the existence of the God of the Old Testament, i.e., the God of Judaism, as a given ("The Christian God"). In other words, Christians believe in "Yahweh, the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, whom the Jews worshipped as the one true God" ("The Christian God"). Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments describes God in terms
of being a "personal God," which does not mean that God "is a human being," but rather that God has "personality and the capability of both relationships with other personal
beings," as God is described in scripture in "strongly personal terms," that is, as "father, shepherd, etc." ("The Christian God"). While God has traditionally been conceptualized as masculine in the
Judeo-Christian tradition, modern Christianity differentiated between tradition and the actuality of God. For example, the 1994 Catechism of the Catholic Church states that God "transcends the human distinction between the
sexes," as God is "neither man nor woman; he is God" ("The Christian God"). Christians of all denominations also affirm their belief in the Trinity, which envisions Jesus in the
role of God the Son, which asserts that the divine nature of Jesus preexisted his birth as part of the Triune God ("The Christian God"). Buddhist conceptualize the nature
of the Divine somewhat differently than do Christians, as while they believe in a variety of "celestial realms," which includes beings that are referred to as "angels, spirits, gods and
devas by various cultures"; however, Buddhists do not believe in a personal God who created the universe and who takes an active part in human lives ("And What About God").
Buddhas teaching associates the traditional conceptualization of God as a reaction of primitive humanity to fear, that is, a means of comforting fearful people. In contrast, Buddhism teaches people to
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