Sounds like an explanation designed to make Buddhism palatable to secular audiences to me. Also seems like a stretch to me calling yourself a Buddhist if all yo

Sounds like an explanation designed to make Buddhism palatable to secular audiences to me. Also seems like a stretch to me calling yourself a Buddhist if all you do is meditate to try to find yourself. There have been plenty of religions in history without a "god". Many people believe in nature spirits or even in personal spirits; the latter is the kind of spiritualism that a great many Buddhists believe in. And Buddhism does have many concepts that have to be taken as an article of faith: Samsara, Karma, and Nirvana. Faith in a spirit that transcends death and lifetimes is not scientific, and if a so-called Buddhist does not believe these things, I have to wonder what kind of Buddhism they are following.