[cyborg]

True but in terms of instruments of prayer, they're very similar. Buddhism is also older than christianity. Some people believe that they once had contact with eachother. I'm very interested in this because my sister is a buddhist and I am a Roman Catholic as much as I can call myself one since I do not attend church services often.

[Mr. Silverback]

True but in terms of instruments of prayer, they're very similar.

Yep, very similar. But then, one could say in the same way that the Karma Sutra and the Bible are very similar because they both teach you how to be happy in your sexual life.

In reality, the Christian is using the rosary to focus his thoughts while addressing the throne room of the Universe, and the Bhuddist is using the beads to engage in a mental exercise.

[Conservative til I die]

True but in terms of instruments of prayer, they're very similar. Buddhism is also older than christianity. Some people believe that they once had contact with eachother.

Again, if one looks at the two religions in a very, very, very superficial way, and simply ignores history and historical context, one might come to this conclusion. However, Christianity in its earliest days was very clearly an outgrowth of Judaism, with Christian theology being set up in parallel and in contrast to Judaism.

The most anyone can say about a Buddhism/Christianity connection is that both teach that you should be nice to your neighbor. That's a rather tenuous connection.