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Originally Posted by kirant
Yes. Deities are defined as immortal, supernatural beings. It's a definitional thing that pulls them into atheism as they don't believe in a diety. Omnipotent beings are still possible, but immortal ones not (if I recall correctly).
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Yes, it is taught that the Gods and/or Titans may have long lifespans (such as 50,000 years or something like that) but are still finite, though they man have great power(s), and still stuck in the cycle of Samsara. But if you take that definition of Deity that you posted above to try and group Buddhism into a label of Atheistic, then would not theoretically many polytheistic religions could also be lumped into that as many polytheistic gods have been known to be killed/eaten/destroyed (Ragnarok is a good example) thus not truly immortal?
Well I guess it doesn't really matter as labels are defined by humans, and different humans can assign different definitions to those labels.
