Compared with Buddhism, where is the glory of Taoism?

When it comes to religion, we have to mention the five "official religions" in China, namely Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Catholicism. Due to historical reasons, Buddhism has the largest number of followers, but Christianity is the fastest growing. But in the eyes of many young people with higher education, the teachings of Christianity are too superficial, not as good as Taoism and Buddhism. What happened?

Although I have read Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi, Taoism and Taoism are obviously not the same thing. As for Buddhism, Buddhism can be said to be very profound, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a philosophy. Christianity defined itself as "the religion of all mankind" from the beginning. Therefore, compared with Judaism, the New Testament of Christianity was written for the purpose of preaching, deliberately simplifying theological theory and religious precepts.

Compared with Buddhism, Judaism is as profound as the former. Therefore, the improvement of Christianity is only simplified for the purpose of missionary work. Some people say that any religion that cannot be believed by one's own people is doubtful. From this perspective, we should look at Christianity and Buddhism critically. Another reason why Zhihu netizens dislike Christianity is that Christians in China are poor.

According to the data, the basic disk of Buddhism is in the city, and the basic disk of Christianity is in the countryside. In China, 70% of Christians come from rural areas. Similar to the situation in the United States, Christians in the United States are mainly distributed in rural areas (atheists are the mainstream in cities, including Judaism, Mormonism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism). Therefore, in the economic field, Christians in China are at a relative disadvantage (except Wenzhou people).

The reason for this situation is that there are too few "rules" in Christianity. Take American Christianity as an example. Of all religions, Christianity has the lowest average income. Because Christianity does not attach importance to behavior, it attaches more importance to faith. Jews have to abide by the 6 13 law, while conservative Christians only abide by the ten commandments of Moses, and many even don't. Law can improve self-control, which is the source of career success.

In the Puritan era, the Puritans once acquired enviable wealth, but the Puritans were only a "very few" among Christians. Buddhists in China can't eat meat or indulge themselves, which gives them better self-discipline.