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i think atheists would enjor buddhism as well,

it's not really a religion, more so just a philosophy


the zen buddhism and mixture of shinto in japan that i grew up around has a few particular interesting differences in details to your other school of buddhism, but for the most part you are correct, the main teaching is the four noble truths, and the eight-fold path

i think the reason it could be likeable would be it's logical sense...

take the four noble truths:

1. life is pain ( birth is painful, life is painful, death is painful )

2. pain is preceeded by desire ( worldly desire is the source of worldly pain)

3. the solution to pain is to end desire ( self explanatory, and logical )

4. the path to end desire is the eight-fold path

Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration."

( the logical solution )

heres the wiki if this is new to youwiki four noble truths

the reason i say an atheist would enjoy buddhism is so:

i would imagine the logical and self explanatory nature of buddhism would make a lot more sense to someone than " here's the way things are: a man exists named god, you can't see him and i can't prove he's there but just beleive me, everything else in the bible, it's true... JUST BELEIVE ME "

i'm not saying the bible is not true, i'm saying it can't be proven, whereas the fundamentals of buddhism can be, i would imagine the reason someone is atheist, is because they want things to be proven to them, or self evident somehow, buddhism offers itself in that way

( i'd like to add however there are parts of buddhism controversial to that conversation, such as the beleif of reincarnation, but in the traditional buddhism, reincarnation is not something taught, it is something mentioned and expected to be realized by the practitioner eventually, i can clarify that if anyone doesn't think it makes sense )
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reply to post by SquirrelNutz

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Then Buddhism is good for you ! It is supported by all 3! Can u imagine?!??!?

reply to post by VicMT09

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Buddhism is of simple science and it is testable in practice and practicality. It is one thing to say you wouldn't care for it , but at least cite valid reasons why!

reply to post by indigothefish

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Exactly , everything in it that counts is verifiable and actually pure common sense. To deny so would be erroneous and ignorant the exact thing Atheists preach against!

reply to post by IamBoon

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I find many of the Eastern Philosophies to be fascinating and very insightful... Particularly Taoism

As far as I'm aware, many consider Buddhism to be a philosophy and not religion.
As it's not....a system of faith and worship owing any allegiance to a supernatural being.

reply to post by Annee

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Religion is a life philosophy and Buddhism IS a religion. I do not know where you get off saying it isn't. Maybe look up the definition before stating what is and isn't . Buddhism has plenty of "crazy" ideas and philosophy but you do not even need to believe any of it to achieve it's goal.

reply to post by blupblup

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They have many supernatural beings , the Buddha is one of them as are the Devas. The many supernatural realms , reincarnation, what doesn't qualify it as a religion?

Do you even know what define a religion? It is a lot broader than you think.

Originally posted by IamBoon
reply to post by Annee

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Religion is a life philosophy and Buddhism IS a religion. I do not know where you get off saying it isn't. Maybe look up the definition before stating what is and isn't . Buddhism has plenty of "crazy" ideas and philosophy but you do not even need to believe any of it to achieve it's goal.

I just pull it out of thin air - - didn't you know.

Is it a religion?

It is neither a religion in the sense in which that word is commonly understood, for it is not "a system of faith and worship owing any allegiance to a supernatural being."

www.buddhanet.net...

reply to post by IamBoon

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Or they could conform the conspiracy religion.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

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