Question

Imagine that you were a roman christian traveller in the eurasian world of 500 ce writing home about your encounter with other religious traditions. what similarities and differences might you notice? what might you appreciate in those traditions? and what might you find appalling?

Answer 1

There are numerous likenesses and differences between religious conventions in this period. For instance, a few religions, for example, Hinduism were polytheistic while others, for example, Zoroastrianism were monotheistic. Confucius featured the significance of education, while Daoism was against it; some had their prophets or divinely guided figures (Confucius) while some did not (Hinduism). Nonetheless, they all had some composed record clarifying their thoughts; "analects", "vedas", "upanishads", and so forth. They all had a divine being from which they believe their religion originated, “God”.