most religions are interrelated such as judaism and christianity....christianity consists of many forms such as baptist, lutheran, mormon, all the way down to jehovahs witnesses....the funny thing is they all read from the same bible but they all use different sections of it to base and explain away their actions....even the amish read that same bible and look at their life.... hinduism is related to shintoism and many other forms.... if you really want to learn about things like this then read the bible and the koran and sun tzus art of war and a million different texts that explain reasons for religious convictions and find the shit out for yourself instead of tryin to figure out something so complex off of hearsay even the fact that you said buddhism is all about a really smart fat dude shows me that you are far from a thinking man and maybe you should try to get into that mindset before you attempt to figure something thats a bit too deep for you bro! love peace and chicken grease

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