Doug Holland to Atheist [email protected]English • 2 months agoInconceivable!lemmy.worldmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1777
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minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoI’d guess because they aren’t theists, or at least not as a rule. As a religion it trends more philosophical than mystical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoIt’s an outlier because it isn’t really a religion so much as it is a set of philosophies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoI’m guessing you haven’t spent much time in countries where people leave offerings to various Buddhas and Bodhisattva in the hopes of positive interventions in love and business.
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoYou might be thinking of Taoism. Buddhism is very much a religion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoB/c atheism is just another religion where people pick and choose whatever they want to believe.
How are buddhists an outlier?
I’d guess because they aren’t theists, or at least not as a rule. As a religion it trends more philosophical than mystical.
It’s an outlier because it isn’t really a religion so much as it is a set of philosophies.
I’m guessing you haven’t spent much time in countries where people leave offerings to various Buddhas and Bodhisattva in the hopes of positive interventions in love and business.
You might be thinking of Taoism. Buddhism is very much a religion.
B/c atheism is just another religion where people pick and choose whatever they want to believe.
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