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Originally Posted by Cheese
well if he was a budhist hes a theist. LOL. How can you be a non theist and believe in any God? Id call him a fence sitter...unsure what side to sit on.
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Buddhism by definition is a non-theistic religion/philopshy/way of life.
From the Buddhist prespective, talking about whether or not there is a god/s does nothing to eliminate Dukka and atain Nibana.
If theism is the belief that there are god/s who exist and play an active role in the universe then Buddhism is most definitely non-theistic.
There are 'supernatural' elements in Buddhism (especially Tibetan Buddhism) but those would be better classed as Shamanism/Anamism and they relate more from the Bon religion of the past.