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Originally Posted by Straker
Would you say that the absense of a deity makes you atheist anyway though? Buddhism, in its purest sense, is more a philosophy than religion. I always felt that religious texts were more a collection of wisdoms to be used as a resource, personally. Atheism really isnt about hating religion or not caring about other religions, its not even about having a definative belief structure, its simply about not following a faith or more specifically not believing in or worshiping deities. Anything beyond that becomes personal philosophy and belief structure and is not part of atheism.
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What I was saying about all religions sharing the same core concepts might be what you're getting at about Buddhism being a philosophy. In that case, every religion wouldn't be a religion. In Buddhism there is the worshiping of the Buddha, practicing the teachings, and then your group or community, which differs depending on if you're monastic.
Anyway, I don't think all atheists are bad people, just like I know not all religious people are blind followers. It's just with the internet a lot of people who happen to be atheist will go to extremes because of their anonymity. They go on forums for church groups and either hack their sites, or have an organized amount of people troll the forums. Not all religious people are bad, and in flaming and trolling them it really makes atheism look bad. It's also ironic because they claim to be against people like the Westboro Baptist church, and Fox news etc etc, but they are acting no better than them. I would just rather not be associated with either extreme.