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Athiest Religions

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  • 08-06-2009 6:26pm
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    legologic
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    Recently I have been thinking a lot about the idea of non-theistic religions. Buddhism for example particularly Zen Buddhism while it celebrates the life of Gautama Siddhartha the original Buddha (Or enlightened one) reminds people that he was simply a human just with a great understanding. As Zen Buddhism does not subscribe to the belief in any form of deity is it contradictory to be called a Buddhist Atheist?

    I'm interested in the thoughts of Atheists on this.


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    Gordon
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    What about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?


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    legologic
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    Gordon wrote: »
    What about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

    Take your pastafarian beliefs out of here! :D


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    DTrotter
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    Gordon wrote: »
    What about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

    I'll remain a spagnostic until the evidence comes in.


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    The Mad Hatter
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    legologic wrote: »
    Recently I have been thinking a lot about the idea of non-theistic religions. Buddhism for example particularly Zen Buddhism while it celebrates the life of Gautama Siddhartha the original Buddha (Or enlightened one) reminds people that he was simply a human just with a great understanding. As Zen Buddhism does not subscribe to the belief in any form of deity is it contradictory to be called a Buddhist Atheist?

    I'm interested in the thoughts of Atheists on this.

    Some Buddhists are atheists. That's not a contradiction.

    Atheist doesn't mean areligionist (though the only religion I know of without a deity is Buddhism). All it means is that you don't believe in a(n interventionist) god.


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    Iwasfrozen
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    Some Buddhists are atheists. That's not a contradiction.
    Actually it is. An Atheist is a non-Theist, as all Buddhists believe in reincarnation and meditate regularly then by definition one cannot be a Buddhist and an Atheist


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    Rev Hellfire
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    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    Actually it is. An Atheist is a non-Theist, as all Buddhists believe in reincarnation and meditate regularly then by definition one cannot be a Buddhist and an Atheist
    You're confusing a disbelief in the supernatural with athiesm.


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    Iwasfrozen
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    There's a difference between Superstition and Religion ?


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    legologic
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    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    There's a difference between Superstition and Religion ?

    I think it's that there's a difference between atheistic and aspiritual/skeptic


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    Joe1919
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    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    There's a difference between Superstition and Religion ?

    'Fear of invisible powers, whether those powers are feigned or publicly allowed from tales, is [religion]; if they are not publicly allowed, [superstition].'

    (Hobbes, Leviathan, I. vi. [36])


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    The Mad Hatter
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    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    Actually it is. An Atheist is a non-Theist, as all Buddhists believe in reincarnation and meditate regularly then by definition one cannot be a Buddhist and an Atheist

    It is not a contradiction.

    Reincarnation is not a god, nor is meditation.

    Atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods.


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    Sonderval
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    Actually it is. An Atheist is a non-Theist, as all Buddhists believe in reincarnation and meditate regularly then by definition one cannot be a Buddhist and an Atheist

    Actually, your incorrect. Neither of the two imply atheism and buddhism are incompatible.


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