text: did christianity rip off alot of ideas from other religions? i have read buddhism which is 500 years older that jesus and alot of what jesus taught is the same in buddhism such as love your enemies, love your neighbor as yourself.  the funny thing is, was that buddha was just an ordinary man and said the same things 500 years before the so called son of god arrived. yes, pretty much.... and the jesus and tree of life must have been plagiarized from greek and scandinavian mythology respectively.