Originally posted by C U Soon
Do they?
According to the buddhist, you will be stuck on earth forever more. Coming back to try again and again. That's not salvation, eternal life maybe...
In the islamic religion, you will receive 'physical pleasures' in the jannah after death. Even though it's the physical that caused your death. They also believe that some sins will 'condemn' you ...[text shortened]... igions claim to offer what christianity gives you, pity they're misleading so many people
You are, of course, completely incorrect about Buddhism. That's no surprise; most Christians on this site are abysmally ignorant of the tenets of Eastern philosophies.
I fail to see much of a difference in Islam and Christianity as regards salvation. Some go to paradise, some go to damnation in each faith. Many Christians believe you get some kind of "new" body that lives eternally. There are differences in details, but not in the central belief in salvation for the believer.
So, Christian tenets regarding salvation and eternal life aren't anything unique or special.
EDIT: Here's a nice metaphor for the Buddhist concept of "rebirth":
One way to explain rebirth is to think of all existence as one big ocean. An individual is a phenomenon of existence in the same way a wave is a phenomenon of ocean. A wave begins, moves across the surface of the water, then dissipates. While it exists, a wave is distinct from ocean yet is never separate from ocean. In the same way, that which is reborn is not the same person, yet is not separate from the same person.
http://buddhism.about.com/od/karmaandrebirth/a/karmarebirth.htm
In fact, Buddhists don't believe "you" exist in any meaningful way. See http://buddhism.about.com/od/whatistheself/a/skandhasnoself.htm