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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Buddhists don't necessarily believe in any "god". So LOL right back at ya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma (Pali: Dhamma), "the teachings of the awakened one") is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, a way of life, a practical philosophy, and arguably a form of psychology. Buddhism focuses on the teachings of Gautama Buddha (Pali: Gotama Buddha), who lived in Epic India around the fifth century BCE[1] Buddhism spread throughout the Indian subcontinent in the five centuries following the Buddha's passing, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia. |
Welll...not so fast there young one...there are many camps out there that suggest otherwise.
If you base your thought on the fact its not like western monotheism you may have a point...but remember as an Atheist, or someone who does not believe in ANY
Deity/God/Supreme Being...the FACT that Buddhist philosophy believes in, in some sects, rebirth, Buddhic Awakening, omniscience, the miraculous powers of a Buddha (e.g. walking through walls and upon water, skywalking, mind-reading, knowledge of all beings' past lives), to what most scholars identify as worship practices (ceremonial reverence of saints), to the Buddha's repeated claim that his Dharma is "inconceivable" and cannot be fully apprehended by logic and reason, suggests to me a theistic approach and thought to the philosophy.
It is not as black and white as you would like to believe.
So I guess using your vernacular...right back at ya LOL. There are many sects of Buddhism...some of the older sects prefer to consider themselves theists.
However...in saying all of this....IF I Cheese were to join any religion again...Buddhism would be my choice, and I did study it for awhile.