Doug Holland@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoInconceivable!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1785arrow-down143
arrow-up1742arrow-down1imageInconceivable!lemmy.worldDoug Holland@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121linkfedilink
minus-squareAbsentBird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s an outlier because it isn’t really a religion so much as it is a set of philosophies.
minus-squarenednobbins@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-squareAbsentBird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou might be thinking of Taoism. Buddhism is very much a religion.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoB/c atheism is just another religion where people pick and choose whatever they want to believe.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
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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