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> Buddhist friend from Japan claims otherwise. Many Gods in Buddhism > For Jesus Christ we have Marxist priests. How they connect the two, I don't know > Not

> Buddhist friend from Japan claims otherwise. Many Gods in Buddhism > For Jesus Christ we have Marxist priests. How they connect the two, I don't know > Not sure if bddhism has anything on money standards or economics. For someone who knows next to nothing about either religion they're talking about, that sure was a long post. Anyway, in case you want to learn anything about something "far from our civilization" (as if everyone on this site was in the western world...), there are many kinds of Buddhism, and many of them are atheistic (which makes sense, seeing as the Buddha himself denied the existence of any creator Gods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism )

byEngineer 12y ago
This works both ways. Atheistic forms are there along deity ones. And still this or another way this makes you a Buddhist which IS a religion. Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron, I hope you understand at least this much
- 21echoes 12y ago
  > Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron No, it is not. To be an athiest has nothing to do with religious inclination, it has to do with lack of belief in god(s). It's right there in the word: a-: lack of; -theist: one who believes in a deity. A Buddhist in the vein of the Buddha, who did not believe in god(s), is an atheist.
  - byEngineer 12y ago
    So you are a religious person after all?
    - estefan 12y ago
      I'm not. Most of the definitions I've found define religion as in terms like 'belief in a supernatural power', or 'worship of gods or similar higher powers'. Buddhism is not involved with either. I see it really as little different to going to the gym. Do the correct practices consistently and see results. No magic, no worship, no blind beliefs, just steadily progressing and seeing results...
      - byEngineer 12y ago
        Are you Buddhist? Yes! Are you religious? No! This is as idiotic as: Are you vegetarian? Yes! Do you eat meat? Yes!

byEngineer 12y ago

This works both ways. Atheistic forms are there along deity ones. And still this or another way this makes you a Buddhist which IS a religion. Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron, I hope you understand at least this much

21echoes 12y ago
> Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron No, it is not. To be an athiest has nothing to do with religious inclination, it has to do with lack of belief in god(s). It's right there in the word: a-: lack of; -theist: one who believes in a deity. A Buddhist in the vein of the Buddha, who did not believe in god(s), is an atheist.
- byEngineer 12y ago
  So you are a religious person after all?
  - estefan 12y ago
    I'm not. Most of the definitions I've found define religion as in terms like 'belief in a supernatural power', or 'worship of gods or similar higher powers'. Buddhism is not involved with either. I see it really as little different to going to the gym. Do the correct practices consistently and see results. No magic, no worship, no blind beliefs, just steadily progressing and seeing results...
    - byEngineer 12y ago
      Are you Buddhist? Yes! Are you religious? No! This is as idiotic as: Are you vegetarian? Yes! Do you eat meat? Yes!