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photon · 04-23-2012, 02:39 PM

Anyway, I think part of it was Buddhists don't have a deity but are a religion.

I don't know enough about Buddhism to comment on what they believe or don't believe, but I'll accept they don't believe in god/s so that makes them atheists by the definition of the word. They may be a lot of other things as well, being an atheist and being a member of a religion are not mutually exclusive; I know Christians who are atheists.

And Buddhism is more than the lack of something, there are a common set of beliefs and such for a Buddhist.

Atheism has nothing like that, there are no tenants, no shared beliefs, no sacred texts, no common history, nothing that would be required to define it as a religion.

EDIT: If it is, where do I read to get the central tenants for atheism?

04-23-2012, 02:39 PM	#16
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Anyway, I think part of it was Buddhists don't have a deity but are a religion. I don't know enough about Buddhism to comment on what they believe or don't believe, but I'll accept they don't believe in god/s so that makes them atheists by the definition of the word. They may be a lot of other things as well, being an atheist and being a member of a religion are not mutually exclusive; I know Christians who are atheists. And Buddhism is more than the lack of something, there are a common set of beliefs and such for a Buddhist. Atheism has nothing like that, there are no tenants, no shared beliefs, no sacred texts, no common history, nothing that would be required to define it as a religion. EDIT: If it is, where do I read to get the central tenants for atheism? __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.