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Originally Posted by Cheese
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.
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Where did I say it was black and white? All I said is what my friend believes in his particular sect. I even used descriptive words like "not necessarily". For whatever reason it had you laughing out loud.
And just because it suggests to you a theistic approach, doesn't make it so. Try to keep an open mind. You were the one who painted it black and white by saying that if my friend was a Buddhist, he must be a theist. Believing in rebirth as a part of the nature of the universe, does not make someone a theist.
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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.
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So what? Some of the older sects may consider themselves theists. So does that make my friend wrong then if he wasn't in an older sect? And which sects consider themselves theists still?