I’m studying ancient philosophy now. It’s interesting that in the 5th-4th centuries BCE, ideas that would later appear in world religions and political systems had already been articulated.
For example, Plato’s idea of the Demiurge as a creator is quite close to the biblical narrative – in both a man was first created after a women. He also had his own version of a socialist system, according to which the ruling class (philosophers and warriors) should own no property, money, or families – neither men nor women. The lower classes, however, may have all these things.
It’s also interesting that Pythagoras believed in reincarnation and was a vegetarian for that reason. The first recorded idea of saṃsāra and karma appeared in Upanishads in India earlier, in the 8th century BCE.
It’s also worth noting that the Christian ethic of humility was preceded by the ideas of the Stoics, who taught that an ascetic life elevates the spirit.
In short, the Buddha Gautama said that the Dhamma (the teaching) has always existed, and the role of past and future Buddhas is to rediscover the eternal teaching for people who have forgotten it.
About Christianity… they obey miracles – virgin birth and resurrection from dead…. why not to obey Motherhood as self-sacrifice and a moral person who died for own faith… why do they need to invent these miracles?
Christianity says: repent and you will enter Heaven. This applies even to Hitler. Meanwhile, non-Christians will not enter Heaven, such as the murdered Jewish girl, Anne Frank.
The basic question lies in the moral framework itself, which prioritizes correct belief over actual conduct. This reframes morality as loyalty to doctrine rather than as a measure of goodness or compassion.
By this logic, obedience is valued above kindness, submission above fairness, and fear above empathy. So, people who follow such a system have no right to teach non-believers about right and wrong. If a god’s “justice” looks the same as injustice, then the teaching might be wrong – not the people who doubt it.
