Analyzing the Potential in Human Nature

Summary: The Potential in Human Nature
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At some point, every religion converges on a particular perspective secondary to a common principle—morality. This paper summarizes Buddhism and Christianity's essential similarities and differences as two religions with a specific common perspective. Additionally, this paper reflects on the common principle.
First, both religions believe that three main factors that lead to people’s suffering include greed, delusion, and hatred. Second, both distinguish human nature as good or evil and that persons are customary to good. In Buddhism, believers follow well over evil, knowledge over ignorance, amity over abhorrence, and empathy over gluttony. Because kindheartedness is inherent to human beings, people should not be compelled to...