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Old 2008-12-23, 01:23   Link #1378
Irenicus
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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Originally Posted by ganbaru View Post
And some peoples still think than a religions need a God, usualy they forgot about buddhism.
Buddhism is a borderline case, honestly. Depending on the particular denomination or indeed the region, the condition varies. Buddhism is mixed with local traditions in China and Japan which clearly possess elements of the supernatural, minor gods, heavens, hells, and all, while the "Buddha" figure has been treated in practice in many ways, from a philosophical leader to a god, or as they like in the West, some sort of obscure New Age influence thing. And of course, karma doesn't work quite nearly as well with just one life to go through.

Cue praying to "Buddha" for lottery wins. You don't usually pray for Socrates for that kind of help. You don't worship him either.

In any case, acknowledgment of the supernatural (and usually, but not always, an afterlife -- see Judaism for a major exception) is the cornerstone of a religion, not necessarily acknowledgment of a monotheistic Judeo-Christian-Islamic God.

That is what makes atheism not a religion, so you people (not the person I quoted) should stop bs'ing before my head explodes in frustration. One guy doesn't believe there's actually something behind the incense, that doesn't make that guy a member of the Church of Atheism or some such idiocy. We've had this argument before in this very thread, so really now.
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