Religions That Are Polar Opposites Of One Another

The most opposite are some "Christians" and some other "Christians."  (Perhaps not all of them are really Christians.)  Some Christians have many very strict rules that mostly are not in the Bible.  Some Baptist denominations in the Midwest do not allow dancing for example.  Other Christians have no rules whatever and often make a nuisance of themselves where violations of sensible rules become a problem.  Many of them while allowing themselves to proceed without any rules do not allow any people not in their denomination to do much freely.  If the "Christians" do it, then it's okay, if anyone else does it, almost anything, then it's not okay.


Buddhism, insofar as it is a "religion," is just one for the "working" man, for people who have other occupations than religion, that is.  Of course there are Buddhist temples with monks whose "occupation" is indeed religion, but those are successful because of their better relationship with working people on the one hand and their better appreciation for various traditional scriptures on the other.  Hinduism is more "inclusive" (in some senses) and necessarily more complicated than Buddhism.  Hindus are generally more scholarly because they have to be.  That can put them at a distance from the "other workers" in society.