The Orthodox Church and The Catholic Church are based on two different religions

1. The first problem with these churches is their origin, as they both claim to be founded by Jesus Christ : The Catholic Church : " The Church teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles.." The Orthodox Church:" It teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission to the disciples almost 2,000 years ago." It is obvious Jesus wouldn't have founded two different churches, but as they both claim to be the one founded by Jesus, it is clear that The Catholic Church must consider the origin of The Orthodox Church false and vice versa. One of these churches was clearly founded in the 11th century as a result of the Great Schism. It is clear one of this churches is a hoax and is not indeed based on the teachings of Jesus. The christian religion is considered to had been started by Jesus, so Jesus is the one who directly gave mankind "a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practice" to follow. Only one of these churches can be based on Jesus's religion, because their beliefs and practices differ, as I will prove next. I cannot and will not argue that these churches don't share some beliefs and practices, but most religions in the world share some of these beliefs and practices.Most religions believe in the afterlife, most religions teach us to pray etc. However, you can't say that christianity and islam are the same religion just because they both believe in a single god and in the afterlife. 2.So my objective is the prove the practices and beliefs of these two churches differ greatly.I will start with crossing, a very important aspect of the christian life. The Orthodox Church teaches its followers to cross themselves differently from the catholics and claim the way catholics do it is wrong. If christianity was founded by Jesus, then there is obviously a right way to cross yourself and it is taught by the church based on the "right" christian religion, the one based on Jesus' teachings. The afterlife is definitely the most important aspect of every religion, as that is where you are going to spend eternity.The Orthodox Church doesn't believe in the Purgatory, as it claims we are purified during our live.Salvation is also seen differently, as the Orthodox Church teaches life's goal is to gain salvation and it's a process that takes your entire life, while the Catholic Church teaches salvation is something you are given and have to maintain.If these churches are both based on the same religion they would have at least agreed on the afterlife, the most important belief of a religion. 3.The Holy Fire - I am not sure catholics are taught about The Holy Fire, but as an orthodox I was taught about this in school. The Holy Fire is a miracle the Orthodox Church uses to prove that The Catholic Church is wrong.The Catholic Church treats The Holy Fire as a hoax while millions of orthodox people go to Jerusalem every year to watch it. I believe this is the ultimate proof that these two churches are based on two different religions.If these churches were based on the same religion, there couldn't have been a miracle that only one of them agrees with. A belief in a miracle is a lot more important than the belief in an afterlife, or anything else, because it means you believe god himself performs that miracle. A religion is defined by a number of beliefs.There can be different religions with similar beliefs: christianity and islam share the belief in an afterlife, in a single god, in heaven and hell, in a judgement day and so on, yet are considered very different religions.So, there can be two different christian religions that share a lot of beliefs, yet disagree on important topics. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.orthodox.net... http://christianityinview.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.merriam-webster.com... http://www.discoveringislam.org...