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4. Pick one of the religions in this week's lecture and discuss it, including where it fits in as to popularity and influence among all the world religions.  

4. Pick one of the religions in this week's lecture and discuss it, including where it fits in as to popularity and influence among all the world religions.  

  Buddhism is an interesting belief system as it has a similar set of commands as christianity has, but has an opposite goal.  Buddhism's system of restraint from human urges and sin is similar to God's punishment of the Israelites for sin in the Old Testament. The End goal in Buddhism, however, is to end one's existence whereas in Christianity it is to achieve heaven.  In comparison to other religions that were founded without knowledge of Jesus or Divine Inspiration Buddhism's system of restraint seems to be one of the greatest human developments. Buddhism ranks 6th in major religions probably because most of its members may not practice solely Buddhism, or do not take Buddhism to be a belief system or religion as much as a way of life.

Buddhism is an interesting belief system as it has a similar set of commands as christianity has, but has an opposite goal.  Buddhism's system of restraint from human urges and sin is similar to God's punishment of the Israelites for sin in the Old Testament. The End goal in Buddhism, however, is to end one's existence whereas in Christianity it is to achieve heaven.  In comparison to other religions that were founded without knowledge of Jesus or Divine Inspiration Buddhism's system of restraint seems to be one of the greatest human developments. Buddhism ranks 6th in major religions probably because most of its members may not practice solely Buddhism, or do not take Buddhism to be a belief system or religion as much as a way of life.

5. Which intellectual insight or breakthrough discussed in this week's lecture is most important, and why?  

5. Which intellectual insight or breakthrough discussed in this week's lecture is most important, and why?