Theologically speaking, this is called a high Christology (i.e. While Buddha is highly Enlightened and revered in such a fashion as to be god-like, he is not viewed like Jesus as “the image of the Invisible God,” “by whom all things were created” and in whom “all the fullness of God is pleased to dwell” (Colossians 1:15,19). While Mohammed is viewed as a prophet by Muslims, he is not viewed as divine. No other religion pronounces its founder as divine in such a manner as Jesus Christ is portrayed in the New Testament. These two particulars are radically distinct in the world of religious and moral concepts. The first is the divinity of Jesus Christ, and the second is the concept of original sin. What are some of these particulars? Two immediately spring to mind. But Christianity has some particulars which define it distinctly, and to identify or define the Christian faith only by its generalities is simply inaccurate and disingenuous (not to mention blatantly reductionist). If all that the Bible and 2000 years of Church history teaches is “be good to people”, then anyone that came along and also taught “be good to people” would be teaching the same thing, and Will Smith would then be right. This is the part of Christianity which many people do not like.
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However, Christianity also carries with it particularities which sharply define the generalities given above. In additional general terms Christianity encompasses ideas about good versus evil, transformation of society, and what is often referred to as ethical monotheism, all of which many people identify with in a positive way. Will Smith recently stated that Scientology and the Bible teach basically the same things, and he quoted the Golden Rule as his prime example.
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Many people connect with Christianity in this general sense would agree that the moral imperatives are good and match up well with what other religions teach about being good people. There are quite a few aspects to Christianity that are ‘general.’ Christianity carries with it moral commands and exhortations, the most culturally familiar one being the Golden Rule – “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” which was said by Jesus himself.