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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Considering that Buddhism does have some supernatural elements (ie. the belief that dead ancestors can affect your life), I would say it falls into religion, albeit non-theist.
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True. But how about Confucianism? Here exists a religion, as defined by modern society (and ancient ones as well) as a religion, that believes conversation about supernatural things is irrelevant.
The definition of religion becomes more than just theism vs. anti-theism. It is far more complex and subtle than that. In fact, there are religions that fit in each and every one of the boxes listed above in the Gnosticism/Agnosticism, Theism/Atheism. Modern, western Atheism fits in with this complex situation better than most of it's adherents would believe.