Buddhism is founded on the teachings of Buddha who did not subscribe to an immortal soul or supreme deity (God).
Christianity is founded on the belief of Jesus Christ as the son of God who was crucified and died to pay for the sins of man then resurrected from the dead. Those who believe this in their heart and confess it to others can call themselves Christians.
There difference is very subtle! Both belief systems are nonscientific and also provides a way for common people to tackle real hardships of the world. The major difference is scale of influence. If some powerful empire will follow a saman belief system and spread it across 1/3 of the world. It'll become something like Christianity. SO in that sense the belief systems which are regional with limited institutionalization are usually termed as shamanism.
My own spiritual path is very complex in the sense I am not a healer nor a shaman I am an individual who believes in Christianity but also studies other beliefs through my studies I do not lean one way nor the other as a bias for any religion but try to think rationally through each belief.
Rev. Andrew
Christianity is founded on the belief of Jesus Christ as the son of God who was crucified and died to pay for the sins of man then resurrected from the dead. Those who believe this in their heart and confess it to others can call themselves Christians.
There difference is very subtle! Both belief systems are nonscientific and also provides a way for common people to tackle real hardships of the world. The major difference is scale of influence. If some powerful empire will follow a saman belief system and spread it across 1/3 of the world. It'll become something like Christianity. SO in that sense the belief systems which are regional with limited institutionalization are usually termed as shamanism.
My own spiritual path is very complex in the sense I am not a healer nor a shaman I am an individual who believes in Christianity but also studies other beliefs through my studies I do not lean one way nor the other as a bias for any religion but try to think rationally through each belief.
No, I believe they are both different due to their complexity.
The path of shamanism is via the axis mundi i.e. the central pivot between heaven and Earth.
Rev. Andrew
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