What came first Buddhism or Christianity?

Answer 1

Buddhism came before Christianity, it was founded around the fifth century BC in India. Christianity began at 1st century AD in Jerusalem.

Addition to above:Whilst Jesus actually walked on the earth 2000 years ago, Christians believe that he was prophesised many hundreds of years before by Old Testament prophets, and in John's Gospel, he begins with the proclamation that Jesus was present as God at Creation (or as we would call it now, the 'Big Bang'). This reflects the similar verses at the start of the Old Testament where God is placed at the beginning of Creation as the Creator (the Father) who gave the Word (the Son), through his Spirit that spread over the newly created world (the Holy Spirit) - hence the Trinity was present - Jesus being just one part - at the moment of Creation. So in theological terms it could be argued that Christ, the founder of Christianity, predated Buddhism by many many hundreds, if not thousands or millions of years.

However, many Buddhists, going off of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñā-pāramitā, have a similar concept called Dharmakaya, the essence of existence and the universe, to which the Buddhas are Nirmanakayas of, and thus these Buddhists can make the same such claims, making Buddhism, in theological terms, thousands of millions of years older than Christianity.

Answer:

Buddhism by 500 years.

However, if you consider that Buddhism and Christianity draw fundamentals from two different sources, Christianity from traditions common to Judaism and Buddhism from Hinduism. The base religions were founded in 3000 BCE for Hinduism and 1500 BCE for Judaism (both estimates)

Therefore in some ways Buddhist roots go back 1500 years further than Christianity's roots or 3000 years earlier if Christianity is considered a stand alone faith founded in 1 CE.
Buddhism is much 500 years older than Christianity. It was established by Siddhartha Gautama sometime between the sixth and fourth century BCE. Siddharth was a prince who became concerned with the suffering of the world and gave up all of his worldly goods and desires to seek enlightenment (nirvana). Once he attained this he taught his followers how they too could attain this state. One who has attained enlightenment is a "buddha". Buddhism is thought to have influenced some thinking in the early Christian Church.

Answer 2

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|} Hinduism (known as Hindū Dharma in modern Indian languages) is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. In contemporary usage Hinduism is also sometimes referred to as Sanātana Dharma (सनातन धर्म), a Sanskrit phrase meaning "eternal law". Hinduism is the world's oldest extant religion whose earliest origins can be traced to the ancient Vedic civilization. A conglomerate of diverse beliefs and traditions, Hinduism has no single founder.It is the world's third largest religion following Christianity and Islam,

Answer 3

Hindhuism... How can Christianity be started first, when Judaism was there before Christianity. Like many Christians say Muslims copied their religion, same way many Jewish says Christians copied their religion. Out of Islam, Christianity & Judaism, Judaism was established first, and then Christianity & then Islam. These three religions share same God, believe in heaven & hell & shares most of the prophets in between them. Except Judaism don't believe in Jesus (PBUH) & Muhammed (PBUH) & Christianity don't believe in Muhammed (PBUH). Islam don't believe Jesus is a son of the God, Islam believe Jesus is a prophet just like all other prophets. However Islam does agree that Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus without a husband or sex, however Islam does not believe Virgin Mary had sex with God, as God has no sons or relatives. All the prophets including Moses, Jesus & Muhammed are his messangers.

Answer 4

AnswerBuddhism was founded in this world by the Buddha Shakyamuni, who was born in 624 BCE. This is many centuries before the start of Christianity, so Buddhism is older than Christianity.

Answer 5

Hinduism