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The core of Christianity is Jesus' unique message. It's a message of godly and brotherly ove and peace that's very different from atheism.[/quote]

I disagree.  While the message is important, it's not unique and Christianity also places a very high premium on who said it.  You can find the same ideas about brotherly love and peace coming from other authors.  To quote Tim Keller "If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead."  Keller isn't some radical Christian fundamentalist either and so I'm assuming his opinion is pretty typical of Christianity.

What then makes Jesus so special?  His message isn't unique.  It's all the supernatural stuff surrounding him.[/quote]

yes, supernatural stuff for sure

lol @ Jesus' message being unique!

[quote]Buddha:
1. There is Suffering Suffering is common to all. 
2. Cause of Suffering We are the cause of our suffering. 
3. End of Suffering Stop doing what causes suffering. 
4. Path to end Suffering Everyone can be enlightened.[/quote]

[quote]
I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.
– Mahatma Gandhi[/quote][quote]

[quote]The Jews respect Moses:
And in that passage of the Gospel where John records Jesus telling Nicodemus, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the son of man be lifted up, so that whoever responds to him may have everlasting life." What John is referring to is an incident that happened, and recorded in the Jewish Scriptures, about when the people were traveling through the desert.

They were overwhelmed at one point with scorpions that were bringing devastation to the people -- or serpents, I should say. And Moses instructed them to raise a pole in the desert and place a serpent on that. And when the people looked at it, to me it's a way of looking at your sinfulness, exposing it. Then you can be healed because again, God is waiting to be gracious to us. And so whoever responds to God in Jesus, who is in God come into our human history, will not be lost, but will have eternal life.
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There are common threads among all of these religious beliefs.

Jesus is no different from the rest.

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