Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism/Part 8
| February 11, 2000 |
| By: John Ankerberg, John Weldon; ©2000 |
| A comparison of NS Buddhism and Christianity. |
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism vs. Christianity Chart
| Nichiren Shoshu | Christianity |
| Eternal cyclic-universe (“illusion”). | Finished creation (real). |
| Man is “eternal,” the manifestation of an impersonal ultimate reality (man in the image of the universe and/or “life essence”). | Man is the creation of a personal God (man in the image of God). |
| Monistic (all life is one essence). | Monotheistic (God is triune; man, animal and matter are all created by God but generically distinct). |
| Ultimate reality is an impersonal life essence (amoral). | Ultimate reality is a loving, personal, just deity (absolutely moral). |
| Salvation by personal effort (self perfection). | Salvation by grace through faith (involving the imputed righteousness of Christ). |
| The Buddha nature resides universally in all men. | God dwells only in the regenerate. |
| Universal salvation (reincarnation). | Particular redemption (eternal heaven or hell). |
| Key historical apologetic spurious and subjective (e.g., the mystical interpretation of the Lotus Sutra). | Key historic apologetic evidential and objective (e.g., fulfilled prophecy, the resurrection of Christ). |
| Anti-supernatural. | Supernatural. |
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