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Eastern Religion: Differences Between Eastern And Western Religion

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How the Eastern religion and the Western religion are similar and different. Did you know within Asia there are two types of religion the eastern religion and the western religion? I claim that the eastern and western religion have many different religions within asia. To begin, Hinduism and Christianity both have one god. In the text they both have monotheism/one god. They both have one god in many forms. Christianity has a God in many form(God,Jesus,and Holy spirit) while Hinduism has one god Brahama(millions of gods). Next, Hinduism and Judaism are both the oldest religion but for different reasons. In the text it states that they are both the oldest but they are not both oldest religion in the world. They both are the oldest religion but

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